Comments on: Full of awesome: Google Maps mobile http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/05/04/full-of-awesome-google-maps-mobile/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:28:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: adamw http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/05/04/full-of-awesome-google-maps-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-735 adamw Tue, 05 May 2009 17:20:03 +0000 http://www.happyassassin.net/?p=649#comment-735 Nothing of the kind has happened to me yet, but I'll bear it in mind for the future! Of course, it *does* have the satellite view. Should be possible to tell a railyard and a convention center apart with one of those :) Nothing of the kind has happened to me yet, but I’ll bear it in mind for the future! Of course, it *does* have the satellite view. Should be possible to tell a railyard and a convention center apart with one of those :)

]]> By: gregdek http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/05/04/full-of-awesome-google-maps-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-734 gregdek Tue, 05 May 2009 17:05:11 +0000 http://www.happyassassin.net/?p=649#comment-734 In the words of Samuel L. Jackson, "allow me to retort." Google Maps Mobile has left me: * In the middle of a subdivision when I was looking for a university lecture hall; * In the middle of a railyard when I was looking for a convention center. When it works, it's pretty damned awesome. But when it doesn't work, and you've come to rely on it, it's an enraging disaster. Caveat emptor. In the words of Samuel L. Jackson, “allow me to retort.”

Google Maps Mobile has left me:

* In the middle of a subdivision when I was looking for a university lecture hall;

* In the middle of a railyard when I was looking for a convention center.

When it works, it’s pretty damned awesome. But when it doesn’t work, and you’ve come to rely on it, it’s an enraging disaster. Caveat emptor.

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