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These days, Internet maps are the key to finding a destination ahead of time.
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Remember the old days when you would go on vacation with the folks.
Dad was driving and Mom was unfolding a ridiculously large road map in an attempt to find your route and destination. Those days are gone with the wind. These days, Internet maps are the key to finding a destination ahead of time. With the modern technology of GPS systems and online mapping, paper road maps have become obsolete when traveling near or far. Most of us no longer endure the teeth-grinding agony of locating our path of travel on a large, folded up piece of paper. If your vehicle doesn’t already have a built-in GPS system, you are probably like me, and take advantage of the free websites like Mapquest.com and Yahoo.com, which offer directions to anywhere you want to go. With a simple start point address and destination address, you can create a personalized map specific to any trip. Suddenly, you not only have the quickest route to take, but you also have the total distance and time it takes to get there. I made use of Internet maps when venturing from Oregon to North Carolina a couple years back. This was a long trip, but I didn’t get lost. I simply punched the addresses in the computer, it gave me a route to follow, and I printed it out and took it along. It’s as easy as that. Even if I travel 15 miles to a particular shopping plaza or doctor’s office, Internet maps still prove handy if you don’t know exactly where you’re going. Since the Internet took over the world with its unlimited access to all that is good and bad, users such as myself have certainly taken advantage of its never-ending information and short cuts. We currently thrive on benefits such as Internet maps and email. From what I can tell, there simply isn’t a sufficient downside to this deluge of data. As for the old-school paper maps, I do think they’re slowly becoming a thing of the past. It’s hard to compete with the new age of technology and cyberspace. Before we know it, GPS systems will be standard in all vehicles, but until then, the rest of us can surely make use of the free directions provided for us with Internet maps. Related Articles: Yahoo! News Search Results for internet maps Yahoo! News Search Results for internet maps Google Maps Captures Natural Wonders by Photoshop [Google Maps] (Gizmodo) Geologists and people wasting time on the internet alike have failed to explain this particularly repetitious forest in Holland. A pretty clear result of a lazy/botched clone stamping in Photoshop,... Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday (Phillyist) A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. A recent xkcd features a pretty hilarious send-up of Google Maps . (Via Star) Paris Hilton is being sued for not promoting a comedy she starred in recently, Pledge This! We were only vaguely aware the movie existed, so maybe they have a point! If you fear not the spoilers, then click through for a look at the true ... U.S. Intenet Speeds Drop to 15th Worldwide (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) The U.S. may be winning world speed records in swimming at the Olympics, but not in average Internet speeds. According to a new report, the country that invented the Internet has now sunk to 15th worldwide in the percentage of the population subscribing to broadband. Newsfeed display by CaRP Online communities Self-Internet Learn from Home at Mc2elearning.com |
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