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Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
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Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:04:23 -0500
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:51:13 -0800
From: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re:      Interesting article <fwd>
Sender: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]>



The article is online at
http://www.sciam.com/2000/1100issue/1100scicit3.html.

Jenny Stone Muilenburg
Geographic Information Systems Librarian
Map Collection, University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900   Seattle, WA 98195-2900
phone: 206.543.2725
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnnie Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Interesting article <fwd>


> --- Begin Forwarded Message ---
> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:45:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Interesting article
> Sender: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
>
> The current issue of Scientific American, 283 (5):20-21, Nov 2000, has an
> article: Atlas shrugged, about the reasons directions requests on sites
> like MapQuest, etc., are sometimes wrong.
>
> I remember a discussion thread a year or so ago about this, but with no
> conclusions drawn about why erroneous directions happen.
>
> Ken
> ___________________________
> Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
> Maps Librarian                         Phone: 513-529-1726
> Miami University Libraries
> Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA
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