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Street Atlas USA Sucks!
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
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mobile.mapquest.com Cheers "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
Jim Thompson wrote:
Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist. I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) Nope, all brainless Republicans there like Donald "I never got anything right ever" Rumsfeld. Leftist weenie programmers do good work. |
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"Joerg" wrote in message
et It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist. I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here. Some times the UPS folks amaze me. I've had them call and tell me that my address was "bad" even though they had delivered a package to that same address the day before. -- James T. White |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson For many years,they have claimed to use satellite pictures as a reference for their streets. Well, their maps seem to indicate that they do not use those photos. Since version 3.0, i had tried to get them to fix errors that the photos would show i was correct - to no avail. Bridges for a major street than had existed since the 1800's, others redone in the 1930s; truncated streets shown as complete connections, etc & etc. After 3 years of that ****, i gave up. What i suggest: Use AAA maps. |
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) we have a great product over here written by leftist weenies. Its called www.whereis.com.au Google maps is better on a PC, but on the PDA(phone) you cant beat whereis. ...Jim Thompson |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson I am using the 2007 version with their GPS receiver in my RV. I concur it is not flawless but it is the best I have found. John Ferrell W8CCW "Life is easier if you learn to plow around the stumps" |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson You tell 'em Jim... Actually Street Atlas (and most of the other mapping systems) buy their cartographic data from third parties. Not the programmer's fault, but some intern in the map digitizing department who clicked in the wrong place! g What I like are the streets that are one way... And the program proceeds to tell you to go the *wrong* way to get ot your destination! |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Yahoo Maps shows my house on the next street. It shows the company the VA contracts with for new glasses on the wrong side of the highway, and I have seen at least a dozen other mistakes. Goggle maps does better, so I download the maps I need and take them with me in an old Dell Win 98 laptop. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:59:59 GMT, Joerg
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist. I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here. Hell! I've had the post office return to sender marked, "No such address". Of course I then wrote a letter to the editor comparing postal employees to burger flippers ;-) Then they came to my door and apologized. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:14:24 GMT, John Ferrell
wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson I am using the 2007 version with their GPS receiver in my RV. I concur it is not flawless but it is the best I have found. John Ferrell W8CCW "Life is easier if you learn to plow around the stumps" I don't know who made the map system in my Q45, but it's dead on... except for new freeways finished this year... you "fly" thru the air ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:08:04 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Yahoo Maps shows my house on the next street. It shows the company the VA contracts with for new glasses on the wrong side of the highway, and I have seen at least a dozen other mistakes. Goggle maps does better, so I download the maps I need and take them with me in an old Dell Win 98 laptop. Google Earth shows me as next door ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
Google Earth shows me as next door ;-) That's because your reputation precedes you, and they wanted to give sales people one last chance to get away! ;-) BTW, one of the buildings on my property doesn't show up in the sat photos. Have you ever tried Zillow? Its a real estate sales tool that not only shows the location, but what it is expected to sell for. http://www.zillow.com -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:02:18 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Google Earth shows me as next door ;-) That's because your reputation precedes you, and they wanted to give sales people one last chance to get away! ;-) BTW, one of the buildings on my property doesn't show up in the sat photos. Have you ever tried Zillow? Its a real estate sales tool that not only shows the location, but what it is expected to sell for. http://www.zillow.com That shows my house worth $957K... seems a wee bit high. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:59:59 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist. I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here. Yeah, but aren't you up in the foothills somewhere? I've seen places up there out the back gate of Beale that don't even _have_ addresses! :-) Thanks, Rich |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:02:18 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Google Earth shows me as next door ;-) That's because your reputation precedes you, and they wanted to give sales people one last chance to get away! ;-) BTW, one of the buildings on my property doesn't show up in the sat photos. Have you ever tried Zillow? Its a real estate sales tool that not only shows the location, but what it is expected to sell for. http://www.zillow.com That shows my house worth $957K... seems a wee bit high. That's what a Realtor would want to list it for if you agree to sell. Look for similar houses that have sold recently in your area to get a realistic feature. That site explains all the mail I get from Real Estate companies that all tell me my property is worth, within a few dollars. They give you a high price to get a listing, then they want you to agree to drop it a month later. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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PeterD wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) ...Jim Thompson You tell 'em Jim... Actually Street Atlas (and most of the other mapping systems) buy their cartographic data from third parties. Not the programmer's fault, but some intern in the map digitizing department who clicked in the wrong place! g What I like are the streets that are one way... And the program proceeds to tell you to go the *wrong* way to get ot your destination! ...and streets designated as one way but *NEVER* have been that and never will be that! Those non-shown bridges that had existed since the 1800s in some cases and at worst since the 1930s is pure crap. Makes no difference where the data came from; refusing to show bridges is worse than incompetence. Maybe their maps are from FlatEarthers Inc. |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) Nah - Your Tax Dollars hard at work in National Sekurety: The cunning plan is that the terrist furriners will go bomb the wrong address :-) |
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Rich Grise wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:59:59 +0000, Joerg wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Street Atlas USA Sucks! Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG location. This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened. Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap! Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist. I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here. Yeah, but aren't you up in the foothills somewhere? I've seen places up there out the back gate of Beale that don't even _have_ addresses! :-) Thanks, Rich Oh, they have address alright, just the only only place to find them is in County records. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â* --Schiller |
Street Atlas USA Sucks!
Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) Nope, all brainless Republicans there like Donald "I never got anything right ever" Rumsfeld. Leftist weenie programmers do good work. Jim "Superheatedego" Thompson calls everyone he cannot understand a "leftist weenie." His wine soaked brain has mostly shut down. |
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:39:12 -0400, "Charles Schuler"
Gave us: Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) Nope, all brainless Republicans there like Donald "I never got anything right ever" Rumsfeld. Leftist weenie programmers do good work. Jim "Superheatedego" Thompson calls everyone he cannot understand a "leftist weenie." His wine soaked brain has mostly shut down. Damned shame his liver hasn't followed. |
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obfuscated data always more user friendly when pre-processed thru alcohol
filters..... often the filter puts the data back in right order after few passes thru. ;-)) "Charles Schuler" wrote in message . .. Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-) Nope, all brainless Republicans there like Donald "I never got anything right ever" Rumsfeld. Leftist weenie programmers do good work. Jim "Superheatedego" Thompson calls everyone he cannot understand a "leftist weenie." His wine soaked brain has mostly shut down. |
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