I remember when Google started taking photos of roads to create StreetView, I thought it was crazy. Surely it would have been impossible to document enough roads to make it worthwhile!
Comment on "30 minutes or it's free" back then was wild
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
by using a paper map like some sort of mystical land pirate
Oof, I remember going to people’s homes to install phone and Internet links using paper maps because we didn’t have maps on our phones back then and the GPS were mostly shit and out of date.
Some of the smaller villages were barely there on the regional maps, aside from maybe a dot near a main road with none of their actual streets.
For these, we’d call or stop by city hall, sometimes they’d have a shitty map or just directions.
I’m getting old…
Damage@feddit.it 3 months ago
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Seems like dispatches problem to me.
GorGor@startrek.website 3 months ago
lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Ngl, I still do the modern version of this. I tend to leave GPS off on my phone, so I’ll use Google Maps or OpenStreetMap to plan a route beforehand and then just use road signs to navigate.
FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I remember printing out turn-by-turn directions from MapQuest lol
Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I remember MapQuest on dialup
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 months ago
I recall wanting (and maybe using?) an option on MapQuest on dialup to choose how many of the turn-by-turn targeted maps to download, to save time and ink.
And I recall having to factor in dial-up map image download times and printer print-out times, into my total travel-time calculations.
Yes, I should have downloaded and printed the maps the night before, but my mother had a phone call with her mother.
tyler@programming.dev 3 months ago
I also remember MapQuest on dialup. Holy cow.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I did this as well. When it was new, it was freaking revolutionary.
Barely a decade prior to that, you’d have to call AAA, give them your itinerary, and they’d mail you a custom triptik for your journey. And it would cost. You can still get these, but why?
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Good backup in case your phone shits the bed or you end up somewhere with no data
youRFate@feddit.org 3 months ago
You can download your trip for offline use in google maps or Apple Maps. Or fall back to the gps of your car.
I really don’t see any point nowadays tbh.
thessnake03@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I remember going to our AAA office to pick That up. Our agent would walk through the trip with us.
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m remember reading those to my parents while they blamed me for us getting lost.
Damage@feddit.it 3 months ago
I used ViaMichelin