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Geisrud
12/18/08

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Certainly paper maps don't have the market the used to, but they still have their place.

That said, perhaps they could/should release map sets [on memory card] that could then be loaded onto a GPS unit; providing new or different features than the built-in maps.
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OMG! Ponies!
12/18/08

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Does anyone else hear that munching sound?

It's the sound of Mapquest and Google eating Rand McNally's lunch.
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Eauboy
12/18/08

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I like the "tell the publisher that you want to read this book on Kindle" link that Amazon places on the page for each book on their site.

I was buying my mom a book with full-color illustrations of birds - the kind with a built-in speaker that plays the bird calls. I'm sure *that* would translate really well to Kindle.
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scarbrtj
12/18/08

@Eauboy:
that is a marvelous book; your mom will love it (mine did)
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jaydez
12/18/08

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It really suprises me that Rand McNally never jumpped on the GPS bandwagon in the early stages. The could have easily partnered with a large GPS manufacturer to suply the maps for the software.

On a personal note. I still dont have a GPS, nor do I want one. I have my trusty Rand McNally Road atlas (year 2000) in the map pocket of my passenger seat. It goes with me everywhere I travel and I have never gotten lost.
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Curves
12/18/08

@jaydez: I also do not have a GPS, and I also still keep my BIG PAPER BOOK atlas in my car, and I also have never gotten lost with it. (It also does not ask for batteries or to be plugged into anything. Sometimes the best tech is still the old tech.
Thank you cartographers.
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friendslikeJimRome
12/18/08

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Can you get Encyclopedia Britanica for Kindle? Remember when it was really important to have Encyclopedia Britanica in your house?
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dc-united
12/18/08

@friendslikeJimRome: There's still a need for a source of information that isn't suspect. Do you really trust wikipedia? And casual searches w/ google don't give you any sense of which results are real and which are the ravings of any nutjob with access to the net.

The best thing about EB was that you were pretty sure that a good amount of research had gone into their entries, and that it made a good place to begin your research.
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92BuickLeSabre
12/18/08

@dc-united: "And casual searches w/ google don't give you any sense of which results are real and which are the ravings of any nutjob with access to the net."

No but casual searches with a modicum of thought will.

And you'll end up with a ton more information quickly than those dry two-paragraph entries gave us.

It's just a new analytical skill for the next generation. They'll be fine. (I hope.)
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