Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:18:48 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:54:11 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36


That's a nice map. Lately I haven't had much luck finding good maps
on the net - coastal, highway, you name it.
Might probably be my brain just isn't working right.
Do you - or anyone else - have favorite sites for maps.
Might be good to post the links. Yeah, it's me asking, but everybody
might benefit. I'll sure bookmark them, and I never lose bookmarks.

--Vic


Screen cap from microsoft streets and trips.
Software program on my computer.

That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:18:48 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:54:11 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

That's a nice map. Lately I haven't had much luck finding good maps
on the net - coastal, highway, you name it.
Might probably be my brain just isn't working right.
Do you - or anyone else - have favorite sites for maps.
Might be good to post the links. Yeah, it's me asking, but everybody
might benefit. I'll sure bookmark them, and I never lose bookmarks.

--Vic

Screen cap from microsoft streets and trips.
Software program on my computer.

That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic


Yup. Stay away from the DeLorme package. It has a horrible interface.

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:34:01 -0400, HK wrote:



That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic


Yup. Stay away from the DeLorme package. It has a horrible interface.

Thanks!

--Vic

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

"HK" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:18:48 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:54:11 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

That's a nice map. Lately I haven't had much luck finding good maps
on the net - coastal, highway, you name it.
Might probably be my brain just isn't working right.
Do you - or anyone else - have favorite sites for maps.
Might be good to post the links. Yeah, it's me asking, but everybody
might benefit. I'll sure bookmark them, and I never lose bookmarks.

--Vic

Screen cap from microsoft streets and trips.
Software program on my computer.

That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic


Yup. Stay away from the DeLorme package. It has a horrible interface.

Opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one.

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:34:01 -0400, HK wrote:

That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic


Yup. Stay away from the DeLorme package. It has a horrible interface.

If you take the time to learn it you'll probably like it. I've been
using it for years, actually used it to scout areas in Florida long
before we went house hunting there.

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:41:06 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:34:01 -0400, HK wrote:

That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic


Yup. Stay away from the DeLorme package. It has a horrible interface.

If you take the time to learn it you'll probably like it. I've been
using it for years, actually used it to scout areas in Florida long
before we went house hunting there.

Any comparisons between the two? I'm about to snipe an Ebay Streets
and Trips, but might stay and get the Delorme too.

--Vic

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:55:44 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Any comparisons between the two? I'm about to snipe an Ebay Streets
and Trips, but might stay and get the Delorme too.

I've never used Streets and Trips. It may be a great package but
Delorme Street Atlas has always done everything I've needed. You can
also get it packaged with a nifty little USB GPS unit which I use with
my nav software on the boat.

Maps (Was: River Cleanup near Deale, MD.)
 

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:41:06 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:34:01 -0400, HK wrote:

That's it then. I like that map, and assume Streets allows a measure
of zooming in/out to scale it to the area I'm interested in.
Is that right?

--Vic


Yup. Stay away from the DeLorme package. It has a horrible interface.

If you take the time to learn it you'll probably like it. I've been
using it for years, actually used it to scout areas in Florida long
before we went house hunting there.

Any comparisons between the two? I'm about to snipe an Ebay Streets
and Trips, but might stay and get the Delorme too.

--Vic

I use both for the simple reason that both packages have errors. In my
experience the errors are most prevalent in newly developed areas. Streets
may be missing, incorrectly named or located in the wrong place.

I find both packages interface about equal. They both have their quirks
that just take time to learn, as Wayne pointed out.

River Cleanup near Deale, MD.
 

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:50:57 -0400, HK wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 22, 11:54?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)
I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)
The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

Well congrats to your local store for participating in the cleanup.

I didn't *really* suspect that you and John H were a big part of the
problem. :-)



John is not one of my favorite people here, but I have seen how he
maintains his boat and his old truck. He's fastidious, and I doubt he's
ever tossed his trash anywhere it wasn't supposed to go.

Thanks. I've been on the Anacostia. It is definitely in need of cleaning,
and is probably the source of 90% of the pollution that gets into the
Potomac, except when a heavy rain floods the Blue Plains water treatment
plant, of course.

River Cleanup near Deale, MD.
 

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:50:57 -0400, HK wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 22, 11:54?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)
I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)
The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

Well congrats to your local store for participating in the cleanup.

I didn't *really* suspect that you and John H were a big part of the
problem. :-)



John is not one of my favorite people here, but I have seen how he
maintains his boat and his old truck. He's fastidious, and I doubt he's
ever tossed his trash anywhere it wasn't supposed to go.

Except for here, of course!