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Operation Coordinates

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Carl Rogers - 06 Apr 2008 21:09 GMT
Hi Viatologists,

The Worldwide Highway Library (WHL) has begun a project that will apply
geographic coordinates to archived photographs!  As you may know, all
photographs taken since mid-2007 have had coordinates attached to each
picture.  For example, here's what you see today w/ our New México State
Route 113 entry:

"Southbound NM-113; Hidalgo County, NM
Coordinates:  32.26792, -108.53713"

Though it's a long-term project, Operation Coordinates will take effect on
the vast majority of the WHL's photographs.  Through this unique deployment,
you will find the relative location of freeway interchanges, worldwide
cities, historical landmarks and international borders!  All this thanks to
my excellent long-term memory. :-)

Simply put, the Worldwide Highway Library is the most complete roadside tool
on the web.  As one MTR reader put it, it's the "Google street-view of the
world".  And for good reason--there are 2,100+ photographs, 130+ videos and
about a dozen WHL-360 captures.  We don't rest on our laurels, however...
Through projects like Operation Coordinates, we continue to raise the bar in
viatology that effects Usenet-based contributions, Youtube fileshares and
the websites of others...  We're just that damn good.

Cheers,

Carl Rogers
"Adding human experience to transportology"
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EAST COAST HIVE MIND - 07 Apr 2008 02:56 GMT
CalBog the Roadside Tool wrote:
> Hi Viatologists,
>
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> "Southbound NM-113; Hidalgo County, NM
> Coordinates:  32.26792, -108.53713"

You don't seem to wander too far from the Interstates. Afraid of the locals?

> Though it's a long-term project, Operation Coordinates will take effect
> on the vast majority of the WHL's photographs.  Through this unique
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> tool on the web.  As one MTR reader put it, it's the "Google street-view
> of the world".  

What reader was that? Biggus Dickus? Incontinentia Buttocks?

> And for good reason--there are 2,100+ photographs, 130+ videos and about a dozen WHL-360 captures.  We don't rest on our
> laurels, however... Through projects like Operation Coordinates, we
> continue to raise the bar in viatology that effects[sic] Usenet-based
> contributions, Youtube fileshares and the websites of others...  We're
> just that damn good.

Sorta like GM's 'Mark of Excellence', eh? We all know what that means.
You *have* affected *my* usenet contributions. I christen thee 'CalBog
the Roadside Tool', because yr the biggest tool I've seen come down the
pike in a long time. Oh, and just because:
http://mryamamoto.50megs.com/dashboard-cinema01/dbc01.htm

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Luxury Yacht - 07 Apr 2008 03:29 GMT
> Hi Viatologists,
>
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> Youtube fileshares and the websites of others...  We're just that damn
> good.

You made a big announcement about this almost a year ago.  You aren't that
good.  You're just a self agrandizing blowhard.

http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/034176d39039d95e
http://groups.google.com/group/ba.transportation/msg/5712b04fe889d859

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necromancer - 08 Apr 2008 00:58 GMT
>You made a big announcement about this almost a year ago.  You aren't that
>good.  You're just a self agrandizing blowhard.

Announced over a year ago and he's just now getting started on it?
Damn, it must suck to be krl rgrz!

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MLOM - 08 Apr 2008 05:06 GMT
On Apr 7, 7:05 pm, necromancer <55_sux@worldofnecromancer_NO-SPAM_NO-
WAY.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 21:29:10 -0500, "Luxury Yacht"
>
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>
> Official Overseer Of KoOkS And Trolls In rec.autos.driving

Maybe he's trying to treat the "teat of the WHL."  :^P
Scott in SoCal - 07 Apr 2008 05:50 GMT
>Though it's a long-term project, Operation Coordinates will take effect on
>the vast majority of the WHL's photographs.  Through this unique deployment,
>you will find the relative location of freeway interchanges, worldwide
>cities, historical landmarks and international borders!  All this thanks to
>my excellent long-term memory. :-)

I remember the last time you tried to add coordinates to some of your
photographs - the errors were quite laughable. For example, your
coordinates for the Santa Clara County Route G21 photograph placed it
somewhere inside Henry Willard Coe State Park.

I look forward to your latest efforts.
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