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From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (ajs)
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Subject: Re: map generation
Message-ID: <14900007@hpfcla.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 18:19:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 18:19:00 1985
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs    Aug 14 14:19:00 1985

> You could have a complete world map in your car or airplane.  I can see it
> now.  Tie it in to a Loran-C and have a scrolling map constantly displayed
> of your current position.

Not good enough.  I want a wristwatch with a 1"-square color display screen,
which shows me the trail ahead as I'm hiking.  It should also be able to
draw and label the skyline from any point, and show routes up selected peaks.
Think I'm asking for too much?   :-)

Meanwhile, I'm settling for the 29300-entry USGS Geographic Names Information
System data base on Colorado named locations.  It just gives point locations
(in some cases, lines), and elevations (for about 17% of the entries).  It's
still fun to plot the data in various ways.

Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado
{ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"