[sac-board] Re: SAC Site Updates

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:56:30 -0700, Thad Robosson wrote:

> Andrew Goodwin and I are working on an improved version of Paul's map.  Give 
> us a day or so, and
> we'll have it refined enough to publish.  It will include turn by turn 
> directions and waypoints for those with
> a GPS.  I will also include a .loc file for people to upload the route to 
> their GPS if they prefer to do it that way.
> 
> And while we're on the topic, it would not be too much more difficult to do 
> the same for most of our other
> sites.  A new map may not be necessary for all, but the addition of turn by 
> turn directions with GPS waypoints and a .loc file might prove to be quite 
> helpful for first timers.
> 
> Guess you can tell I'm having fun with the new toy!

Stop!  Put down that GPS!  :-)  Yes I know you want to use your new toy
for everything.  :-)

Giving waypoints for an in-town meeting place is just going too far.  Are
you planning on people hiking to meetings without using roads?  Including 
waypoints is too geeky even for me.

Waypoints are fine for places without addresses or signs (like observing
sites), but for the lecture meetings, it's just too much information.  An
the GCU campus is not a place for being distracted by the GPS.

        -Paul

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