 India maps
"William Black" <william.black@.uk> kirjoitti
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>> When you are riding a taxi you aren't navigating yourself. We aren't
>> talking about situations like this.
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> So, you haven't been to India then...
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Eh?
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> As a general rule Indian Bombay drivers can't even read the street signs,
> never mind know the way to anywhere off the beaten track and tend to use
> the old British names for streets...
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And you are supposed to tell them the way to the destination?
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> Well, some of the time they do, and some of the time they don't,. it's
> complicated...
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>>> Giving the latitude and longitude is a busted flush as well, and trying
>>> to navigate around Bombay by travelling towards your destination opens a
>>> world of hurt for you.
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>> You get all the time the proper direction in this fashion. You just walk
>> in there. When the network is very irregular, it may cause some harm.
>> Bombay seems to be an easy piece of cake as far as navigation is
>> concerned.
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> Walk along the LJ Road looking for an address!
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The address is saved in the plotter.
> Have you got a death wish or something?
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> This is Bombay we're talking about mate, the traffic doesn't stop when it
> knocks someone down, they just drive around you until a cop kicks what's
> left into the gutter for an ambulance to haul away.
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Hmh! Navigation in Mumbai is like in any other town in the world. We are not
talking about traffic.
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