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

[Peter C. Norton]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:20:41PM -0500, sixtyfourbeets wrote:
> I would much rather have spent the time familiarizing myself with the
> local geography
> and metro public transportation system.  There is a multifold benefit
> with learning the local
> surroundings of the destination your going to.
> One is it is a great opportunity to learn some local history, another
> is you have an idea of
> where you are in case you feel like you are in a threatening
> neighborhood.  Good excerize for the brain
> is another reason.  I used to travel to different part of this part of
> the northeast using nothing but
> public transportation and amtrak maps.
> Computers are fun but they can't provide a 'rich' experience no matter
> how talented the programmer may be.

Have you looked at wikimapia at all? It can certianly enhance the
experience in this area, where buildings change names with their
corporate  overloards (I miss the pan am building) and history is
lost in favor of billboards, posters and whatever else can be painted
bright and glued, stapled, or rigged high and low.

-Peter

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