Date   : Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:51:44
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: [BeebSoc] Re: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

On 24 July 2011 01:16, J.G.Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
>
> Grrr. And the things they call "maps" online. Compare
> http://mdfs.net/maps/Sheffield/Walks/HighStoness.gif with the
> crap you get on things like Google Maps and the like. There was
> a report a few days ago saying that people aren't learning to
> read maps anymore "because of Google and GPS". But Google Maps
> and GPS *aren't* maps! They are 98%+ stripped down geographic
> information summaries. Almost all the contextual information
> is missing.

Yups...

You'll like this then:
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/
specifically:  http://goo.gl/dStcp  (Sorry, massive URL, had to shorten it!)

Rob