July 20, 2009
The World Beyond MapQuest
My older daughter was traveling back to grad school with her car last January, and we had MapQuested her trip from our home in Massachusetts to Pittsburgh, a journey of more than 600 miles, or 10 hours and 20 minutes without stops.
Kate, despite her math smarts, is not good with directions, but I don't think it is entirely her fault. People nowadays—and not just young people—do not like to encumber themselves with Rand McNally or Michelin books of maps, displaying every
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