Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Jim Thompson · Mar 21, 2007

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Martin Riddle · Mar 21, 2007

try this on your cell...
mobile.mapquest.com

Cheers

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
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Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Joerg · Mar 21, 2007

Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon
calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist.
I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of
silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Homer J Simpson · Mar 21, 2007

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
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Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

Nope, all brainless Republicans there like Donald "I never got anything
right ever" Rumsfeld.

Leftist weenie programmers do good work.

James T. White · Mar 21, 2007

"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote in message
news:zk0Mh.15089$uo3.7993@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net

It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon
calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't
exist. I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment
of silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here.

Some times the UPS folks amaze me. I've had them call and tell me that
my address was "bad" even though they had delivered a package to that
same address the day before.

--
James T. White

Robert Baer · Mar 21, 2007

Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson
For many years,they have claimed to use satellite pictures as a

reference for their streets.
Well, their maps seem to indicate that they do not use those photos.
Since version 3.0, i had tried to get them to fix errors that the
photos would show i was correct - to no avail.
Bridges for a major street than had existed since the 1800's, others
redone in the 1930s; truncated streets shown as complete connections,
etc & etc.
After 3 years of that shit, i gave up.
What i suggest:
Use AAA maps.

The Real Andy · Mar 21, 2007

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

we have a great product over here written by leftist weenies. Its
called www.whereis.com.au Google maps is better on a PC, but on the
PDA(phone) you cant beat whereis.

> ...Jim Thompson

John Ferrell · Mar 21, 2007

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson
I am using the 2007 version with their GPS receiver in my RV. I concur

it is not flawless but it is the best I have found.

John Ferrell W8CCW
"Life is easier if you learn to
plow around the stumps"

PeterD · Mar 21, 2007

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson

You tell 'em Jim...

Actually Street Atlas (and most of the other mapping systems) buy
their cartographic data from third parties. Not the programmer's
fault, but some intern in the map digitizing department who clicked in
the wrong place! <g>

What I like are the streets that are one way... And the program
proceeds to tell you to go the *wrong* way to get ot your destination!

Michael A. Terrell · Mar 21, 2007

Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Yahoo Maps shows my house on the next street. It shows the company
the VA contracts with for new glasses on the wrong side of the highway,
and I have seen at least a dozen other mistakes. Goggle maps does
better, so I download the maps I need and take them with me in an old
Dell Win 98 laptop.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Jim Thompson · Mar 21, 2007

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:59:59 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon
calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist.
I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of
silence at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here.

Hell! I've had the post office return to sender marked, "No such
address".

Of course I then wrote a letter to the editor comparing postal
employees to burger flippers ;-)

Then they came to my door and apologized.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Jim Thompson · Mar 21, 2007

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:14:24 GMT, John Ferrell
<johnferrell@sprintmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson
I am using the 2007 version with their GPS receiver in my RV. I concur
it is not flawless but it is the best I have found.

John Ferrell W8CCW
"Life is easier if you learn to
plow around the stumps"

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Jim Thompson · Mar 21, 2007

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:08:04 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Yahoo Maps shows my house on the next street. It shows the company
the VA contracts with for new glasses on the wrong side of the highway,
and I have seen at least a dozen other mistakes. Goggle maps does
better, so I download the maps I need and take them with me in an old
Dell Win 98 laptop.

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Michael A. Terrell · Mar 21, 2007

Jim Thompson wrote:

Google Earth shows me as next door ;-)

That's because your reputation precedes you, and they wanted to give
sales people one last chance to get away! ;-) BTW, one of the
buildings on my property doesn't show up in the sat photos.

Have you ever tried Zillow? Its a real estate sales tool that not
only shows the location, but what it is expected to sell for.
http://www.zillow.com

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Jim Thompson · Mar 21, 2007

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:02:18 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Google Earth shows me as next door ;-)

That's because your reputation precedes you, and they wanted to give
sales people one last chance to get away! ;-) BTW, one of the
buildings on my property doesn't show up in the sat photos.

Have you ever tried Zillow? Its a real estate sales tool that not
only shows the location, but what it is expected to sell for.
http://www.zillow.com

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Rich Grise · Mar 21, 2007

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:59:59 +0000, Joerg wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity
drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG
location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon
calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist. I
told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence at
the other end I proceeded describing how to get here.

Yeah, but aren't you up in the foothills somewhere? I've seen places up
there out the back gate of Beale that don't even _have_ addresses!

Thanks,
Rich

Michael A. Terrell · Mar 21, 2007

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:02:18 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Google Earth shows me as next door ;-)

That's because your reputation precedes you, and they wanted to give
sales people one last chance to get away! ;-) BTW, one of the
buildings on my property doesn't show up in the sat photos.

Have you ever tried Zillow? Its a real estate sales tool that not
only shows the location, but what it is expected to sell for.
http://www.zillow.com

That shows my house worth $957K... seems a wee bit high.

That's what a Realtor would want to list it for if you agree to
sell. Look for similar houses that have sold recently in your area to
get a realistic feature. That site explains all the mail I get from
Real Estate companies that all tell me my property is worth, within a
few dollars. They give you a high price to get a listing, then they
want you to agree to drop it a month later.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Robert Baer · Mar 22, 2007

PeterD wrote:

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:36:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

...Jim Thompson

You tell 'em Jim...

Actually Street Atlas (and most of the other mapping systems) buy
their cartographic data from third parties. Not the programmer's
fault, but some intern in the map digitizing department who clicked in
the wrong place! <g

What I like are the streets that are one way... And the program
proceeds to tell you to go the *wrong* way to get ot your destination!
...and streets designated as one way but *NEVER* have been that and

never will be that!
Those non-shown bridges that had existed since the 1800s in some
cases and at worst since the 1930s is pure crap.
Makes no difference where the data came from; refusing to show
bridges is worse than incompetence.
Maybe their maps are from FlatEarthers Inc.

frithiof.jensen@jensen.td · Mar 23, 2007

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message
news:4r210392322knuea4bl2biuq5pa792qr38@4ax.com...

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a
charity drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely
WRONG location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

Nah - Your Tax Dollars hard at work in National Sekurety:
The cunning plan is that the terrist furriners will go bomb the wrong address

joseph2k · Mar 24, 2007

Rich Grise wrote:

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:59:59 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:

Street Atlas USA Sucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest.

Trying to deliver a truckload of excess Girl Scout Cookies to a charity
drop... Street Atlas USA showed the street in the completely WRONG
location.

This is not the first time in a long shot that this has happened.

Street Atlas USA Sucks! Is pure crap!

Must use leftist weenie programmers ;-)

It could be worse. UPS could not find our street. Twice in a row! Upon
calling them they said that an address had been given that didn't exist.
I told them that it exists since the late 60's. After a moment of silence
at the other end I proceeded describing how to get here.

Yeah, but aren't you up in the foothills somewhere? I've seen places up
there out the back gate of Beale that don't even _have_ addresses!

Thanks,
Rich
Oh, they have address alright, just the only only place to find them is in

County records.
--
JosephKK
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