[Talk-GB] Future UK mapping parties

Andy Allan gravitystorm at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 22:44:16 BST 2007


On 7/16/07, Robert (Jamie) Munro <rjmunro at arjam.net> wrote:
> Anyone know any London Taxi drivers? They are world famous for knowing
> by heart the name of every street in London ("The Knowledge"). They also
> know a lot of POIs. Combined with Yahoo imagery, we should be able to
> get London done without actually needing to go out.

... not in my experience! They all use GPS devices, and the last time
I got a taxi he took us to the wrong part of Hammersmith (the
streetname was similar to the one we wanted, and pulled out an A-Z.

Cheers,
Andy




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