[ale] OT: Rand McNally Street Finder Deluxe

[Christopher Fowler]

When I traveled for ADP, I tried almost all of the mapping packages
available at CompUSA.  I kept coming back to Delorme Street Atlas.
Everything else seemed to suck or not have much functionality.  I guess
in this case, I'll have to use it again.


On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 07:23:43PM -0400, Ronald Chmara wrote:
> Hmm...
> 
> 1. If you want access to the internet from the laptop, just plug in a 
> cell card and go?
> 
> 2. If you want a mapping package that already has all of that data in 
> it, how big do you think that install would be? The current TIGER/line 
> files are 7CD's. Better have some extra room on that laptop, and a 
> pretty optimized db search engine.... and those 7CD's, of course, only 
> have physical locations. No directions, no pathing for things like 
> on-ramps and navigating road-spaghetti... so, maybe double or triple 
> it? It might be fun to have... heh.
> 
> -Bop
> 
> Ronald Chmara
> Ronin Professional Consulting LLC
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> "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to 
> survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." --Morpheus, 
> "The Matrix"
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