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Figman
04-15-2004, 07:19 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2trc3

JimG
04-15-2004, 08:01 PM
Very nice. I travel on business alot and that could come in handy. Thanks for posting.

Jim

BillW
04-15-2004, 08:08 PM
Seems relatively accurate, but has an interesting perspective on distance. :D

Bill

JustRalph
04-15-2004, 09:13 PM
very cool........ it got it right or pretty close for around here.

BillW
04-15-2004, 09:33 PM
Originally posted by JustRalph
very cool........ it got it right or pretty close for around here.

It's calculating Great Circle distances. I looked at a 300 mile radius and Okla. appeared multiple times (Dallas is 375 miles north of here, using conventional driving practices). This technique is accurate at close distances.

Bill

Tom
04-15-2004, 09:48 PM
Coooool.. I didn't even know there was a Phonex NY, let alone how close I was to it!
What really got me is that it told me to come out of my driveway and turn left towrds Moore Street. They just built Moore street last summer and named it last fall. In fact, I just noticed last week that it was named Moore street, and it is two doors down from me.
But what really got me was it told me to put air in my left front tire before I left!
Now those are directions!

JustRalph
04-16-2004, 02:40 AM
Originally posted by Tom
But what really got me was it told me to put air in my left front tire before I left! Now those are directions!

Tom...... it told me that too.......but I was riding a motorcycle....
What the hell do I do now?