Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-06-01 Thread Lester Caine
John F. Eldredge wrote: I would say that her odds of winning the damages, or, for that matter, of having a court agree to hear the case at all, are pretty low. If you are using a map of any sort, you are still expected to use common sense as well. If a map tells you to drive through a

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-06-01 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, John Smith wrote: http://searchengineland.com/woman-follows-google-maps-walking-directions-gets-hit-sues-43212 I wonder if she's eligible for an honourable mention from the darwin awards? After all the brouhaha maybe there's time for some serious thought. Without knowing the exact

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-06-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 01 June 2010 14:09:01 Frederik Ramm wrote: know how and where to call one. But wait! There's the Blackberry with experimental Google maps on it, and lo and behold, it says your destination is only 25 minutes away on foot... strange - in my country I would just ask some one -

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-06-01 Thread Liz
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: strange - in my country I would just ask some one - never fails you must be a bit older and used to older methods :) last time I got asked for where is a street I was out mapping, so oddly although 500km from home I did know where the street was, and

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-06-01 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 1 June 2010 09:39, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, John Smith wrote: http://searchengineland.com/woman-follows-google-maps-walking-directions-gets-hit-sues-43212 I wonder if she's eligible for an honourable mention from the darwin awards? After all the brouhaha maybe

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-05-31 Thread nicholas . g . lawrence
Another article on the same topic, http://searchengineland.com/woman-follows-google-maps-walking-directions-gets-hit-sues-43212 Kind Regards, Nicholas Lawrence Geographic Information Systems Coordinator | Geospatial Technologies Engineering Technology / Design, Environment

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-05-31 Thread John Smith
On 1 June 2010 09:39, nicholas.g.lawre...@tmr.qld.gov.au wrote: Another article on the same topic, http://searchengineland.com/woman-follows-google-maps-walking-directions-gets-hit-sues-43212 I wonder if she's eligible for an honourable mention from the darwin awards?

Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

2010-05-31 Thread John F. Eldredge
Message- From: John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:53:01 To: nicholas.g.lawre...@tmr.qld.gov.au Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org; talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off... On 1 June 2010 09:39, nicholas.g.lawre