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May 8th, 2003, 06:44 PM
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I put an address in and get a 50 mile distance difference!
Which one would you believe?
8: *Toll road* Merge onto I-76 [Pennsylvania Tpke] 80.9 0:48
8. Merge onto I-76 E/PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE E via the ramp- on the left- toward PHILADELPHIA (Portions toll). 50.48 miles
It's even the same step! | 
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May 8th, 2003, 06:45 PM
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| | Misanthropic
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What happens when you try to use a Yahoo map? | |
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May 8th, 2003, 06:46 PM
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or a mapsonus.com ? 
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May 8th, 2003, 06:47 PM
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or webemaps!
I didn't I've never used those. | |
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May 8th, 2003, 09:18 PM
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I would say since the first one shows 80.9 miles in 48 minutes that it is probably incorrect. Unless you drive really fast.  | |
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May 8th, 2003, 09:21 PM
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doh! 
OK so sometimes I do. 
Yeah I figure it'll take me about an hour to there. | |
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May 8th, 2003, 09:25 PM
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| | Ordained Mommy
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I have always gotten bad directions from mapquest. I pretty much only use yahoo maps now, they have hardely ever steered me wrong. but mapquest is another story. ARggg! | |
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May 8th, 2003, 09:36 PM
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| | Anime Otaku
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I use a developer copy of RouteMap, a CD-ROM travel planning app. It has only missed on a couple of locations over the past many months, and both those instances were just by a couple hundred feet. http://www.esri.nl/software/routemap/
Customized promotional copies of RouteMap can often be found for free or low cost from many companies, as bulk licensing is dirt cheap.
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May 8th, 2003, 09:43 PM
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| | ph34r t3h g04t
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Mmmm, I76. What a fun highway. | |
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