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Post #221,557
by Meerkat
8/30/05 6:30:21 AM
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New As someone who's perpetually at square one...
I like the idea. However, I don't have in-car satnav. I take the cheap-arse approach and check www.whereis.com.au for directions before I head somewhere new. And I always have my street directory in the car as a backup.
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #221,623
by drewk
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8/30/05 12:57:46 PM
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New Can you fit street maps for all of Oz in one directory?
If you want a complete street-level map just of L.A. for example, you might need two or even three large maps. Putting it all in one book makes it a fairly thick book. The entire state of Oregon, on the other hand, fits all interstates and street-level maps of most of the major cities all in one folding map.

I know Oz is much more sparsely populated than most of the U.S., and now I'm curious how big a map you'd need for the whole country.
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Post #221,734
by static
8/30/05 9:21:48 PM
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New No.
The Sydney street directory is over 400 pages just of maps. But if you search hard enough, you can in fact locate the same thing published as a folding map. The UBD website gives the impression it's one map, but when I last saw it, it's actually in three parts. OTOH, Adelaide fits on one folding map. Just.

Us Oz city-dwellers are used to thick books for street directories.

Wade.
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     Car Navigation systems - (tjsinclair) - (33) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:19:51 PM EDT
         Re: Car Navigation systems - (Yendor) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:45:32 PM EDT
         I Love Sat Nav - (pwhysall) - (8) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:05:29 PM EDT
             Re: I Love Sat Nav - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:34:46 PM EDT
             What's the fallback? - (drewk) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:18:26 PM EDT
                 What I do right now - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:34:36 AM EDT
                     huh? didnt feel comfortable enough to explore? - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 09:43:21 AM EDT
                         Chalk it up to timidity in strange environs - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:27:17 AM EDT
             As someone who's perpetually at square one... - (Meerkat) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 06:30:21 AM EDT
                 Can you fit street maps for all of Oz in one directory? - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 12:57:46 PM EDT
                     No. - (static) - Aug. 30, 2005, 09:21:48 PM EDT
         My dad has one. - (inthane-chan) - (10) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:41:58 PM EDT
             Great phrase, PizzaDeliverySense. Now explain, please. -NT - (tjsinclair) - (9) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:35:49 AM EDT
                 Simple. - (inthane-chan) - (8) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:29:42 PM EDT
                     I also always know which way North is, instinctively. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:30:56 PM EDT
                         I'd like you to test this ability out in Boston, MA :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Aug. 30, 2005, 02:55:45 PM EDT
                             Easy - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:23:46 PM EDT
                                 You forget... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 30, 2005, 05:16:51 PM EDT
                                     Concur - (Ashton) - Aug. 30, 2005, 07:01:12 PM EDT
                                     Especially after the big dig - (lister) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:58:28 PM EDT
                                         Good point! - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:54:02 PM EDT
                     Great! - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:01:48 AM EDT
         A funny anecdote: - (imqwerky) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:44:00 PM EDT
             :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:54:09 PM EDT
             My wife and I joked about that - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:37:32 AM EDT
         I have a Garmin iQue3600 PDA/GPS system. - (a6l6e6x) - (8) - Sept. 13, 2005, 05:24:53 PM EDT
             You bring up a benefit I didn't consider - (tjsinclair) - (7) - Sept. 13, 2005, 05:37:21 PM EDT
                 Well, you do have to ignore the initial attemps... - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - Sept. 13, 2005, 10:48:07 PM EDT
                     We usually have maps - (tjsinclair) - (5) - Sept. 14, 2005, 01:45:55 AM EDT
                         No you don't. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Sept. 14, 2005, 11:29:21 AM EDT
                             Maps + local gas stations == cheap GPS -NT - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2005, 12:42:35 PM EDT
                                 Yes, when local gas stations present. :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 14, 2005, 01:13:34 PM EDT
                             Point taken - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2005, 04:36:50 PM EDT
                                 Yep - that got me through some pretty arcane off-ramp - (Ashton) - Sept. 15, 2005, 06:59:46 PM EDT

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