maporama.com

Newest Review: ... line. However, when it comes to traffic, that's not always the quickest route... you need more main roads, that kind of thing. Am I being obvious here? Maporama wouldn't think so. Giving my starting point as a rather non-specific "Norwich", the site chose an arbitrary roundabout on the ring road, rather than the centre as you might assume. From there, it got worse. Down the backstreets it took you, giving distances in metres (who can measure 497 metres in their car?), making plenty of turns across traffic and other pootling manoevres. Sure, the roads form a direct-looking route on the map, but they're residenti... more

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maporama.com - useless directions (471 words)
by - written on 02/08/01 (Very useful, 596 readings)
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I'm sorry, but after I'd seen Maporama's directions, I didn't want anything more to do with the site, so this is not a comprehensive review. I was directed there after (foolishly) Asking Jeeves for directions, which I only did on the advice of someone else who said it would be good for a laugh. Laugh? I nearly cried. Geographic information is my thing, y'see, but even if it weren't, these directions would be incredibly bad. Unfortunately, this may not be obvious to someone visiting a place for the first time, so I thought I'd write a warning! Everyone knows the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. However, ... Read the complete review

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