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Marvin Hlavac

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Oct 29, 2009, 12:42:05 PM10/29/09
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NY Times article on the topic of "Navigating by Laptop":
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/personaltech/29askk-002.html


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Marvin Hlavac
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Oct 29, 2009, 1:58:33 PM10/29/09
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Marvin Hlavac wrote:

> NY Times article on the topic of "Navigating by Laptop":
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/personaltech/29askk-002.html
>
>

start at 24euro:
http://www.expansys.be/d.aspx?i=178141

with software
http://navit.sf.net


maps from
http://cloudmade.com (take a routable navit map)


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Marvin Hlavac

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Oct 29, 2009, 4:39:30 PM10/29/09
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> with software
> http://navit.sf.net
>
>
> maps from
> http://cloudmade.com (take a routable navit map)
>
>


I was not aware of the existance of the above project. Thanks very much for
the links!

pltrgyst

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Oct 29, 2009, 11:08:36 PM10/29/09
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:42:05 -0400, "Marvin Hlavac" <hla...@rogersREMOVE.com>
wrote:

>NY Times article on the topic of "Navigating by Laptop":
>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/personaltech/29askk-002.html

Ummm, that's not an article -- it's one question and answer from a regular
column, with nothing new in it. Some of us have been navigating all over Europe
and North America with products like MS Streets and Autoroute for many, many
years.

-- Larry

Marvin Hlavac

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Oct 30, 2009, 6:07:18 AM10/30/09
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>> NY Times article on the topic of "Navigating by Laptop":
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/personaltech/29askk-002.html
>
> Ummm, that's not an article -- it's one question and answer from a regular
> column, with nothing new in it. Some of us have been navigating all over
> Europe
> and North America with products like MS Streets and Autoroute for many,
> many
> years.
>
> -- Larry


Yes, Larry, but I couldn't resist posting it anyway, since there was a
mention of my site, LOL.

:-)

Gene E. Bloch

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Oct 30, 2009, 8:47:49 PM10/30/09
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:07:18 -0400, Marvin Hlavac wrote:

>>> NY Times article on the topic of "Navigating by Laptop":
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/personaltech/29askk-002.html
>>
>> Ummm, that's not an article -- it's one question and answer from a regular
>> column, with nothing new in it. Some of us have been navigating all over
>> Europe
>> and North America with products like MS Streets and Autoroute for many,
>> many
>> years.
>>
>> -- Larry
>
>
> Yes, Larry, but I couldn't resist posting it anyway, since there was a
> mention of my site, LOL.
>
> :-)

Oh, well, in that case ...

:-)

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