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Do you even remember what it was like trying to find your way around a foreign city before google maps? They mapped the world and provided it as a service for f
by thret 6y ago
Do you even remember what it was like trying to find your way around a foreign city before google maps? They mapped the world and provided it as a service for free.
- pjmlp 6y agoYes, I used services like Map24.
- chridou 6y agoI do. I remember adding a lot of buffer time just in case I wouldn't be able to find my way. It is much more convenient now with G-Maps and other providers. I also remember how expensive the maps for the early navigation systems were and how bad they were.
- scelerat 6y agoI remember. You had to plan in advance and communicate with others.
- chasd00 6y agoyou stopped at a gas station and bought a mapsco.
- nradov 6y agoPaper maps were often only marginally useful due to lack of proper street signs or building numbers, especially at night or in bad weather.
- garaetjjte 6y agoThere were other mapping services too. Google also didn't start from blank map, they bought data from Navteq/TeleAtlas.