Re: [lro] Sponsorship (MapQuest)

From: Patrick Parsons (patrickparsons@hawaii.rr.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 04:07:33 EST

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    On 2/2/03 2:28 PM, "John Karlsson" <karlsson@oco.net> wrote:

    > I sometimes wonder about Mapquest. If you try to find me by Mapquest, it
    > will send you on a wild goose chase on the wrong road over two miles from
    > my house. Same problem with Mapblast. I told them about the error and
    > gave them the correct data, and they blamed it on their data
    > supplier. When last I looked, it was still not corrected, over a year
    > later. I did find a site in the UK that was accurate for my address, but
    > its location has slipped my mind.

    I find the same thing. It is about a half mile off for addresses here in
    Honolulu. (Not that this info will be of much use to Frank, but you never
    know.) I find it amusing at best and rely on a paper map/road atlas and good
    common sense when searching for a new place.

    Ymmv,

    --pat.
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