[nylug-talk] OT - city wide GPS question???

[VaibhaV Sharma]

On Jan 2, 2007, at 11:27 PM, wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:

>> But far faster. You can spend all day on the m4.
>
> I really don't understand this conversation.  I'm from Los Angeles  
> and live in Jersey and have never had a problem navigating in  
> Manhattan or Brooklyn.  In Manhattan, the streets are numbered.  In  
> Brooklyn they're either numbered (yeah, on incompatible grids) or  
> sort of alphabetical,

Directions are not an issue for someone who knows the basic grid  
layout of the City. The problem is of being able to navigate using a  
combination of on-foot and public transportation system, as quickly  
as possible.

When in a car, GPS systems can integrate traffic related information  
to re-route you to avoid roadblocks. If subways related information  
was included (information is already available easily), you could do  
the same with public transportation too.

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VaibhaV Sharma
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