Re: BigBook now has directions!

Isabel Danforth (danforth@tiac.net)
Wed, 5 Nov 1997 04:40:57 -0500 

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 04:40:57 -0500
Message-Id: <3.0.4.32.19971105044851.00869c90@sunspot.tiac.net>
From: Isabel  Danforth <danforth@tiac.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: BigBook now has directions!

Amy, 
   But what voice told you that it was only 0.0 miles?

Isabel


At 12:07 PM 11/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>This is the coolest thing!
>
>Here's an example.  Say you were at Pequot Library, in Southport, and you
>wanted to get to Bibliomation, in Stratford:
>
>(Okay, so there a few bugs.  For instance, they really didn't need to tell
>me that I-95 N becomes CONNECTICUT TPKE in step 8 and  CONNECTICUT TPKE
>becomes I-95 N in step 9.  And driving 0.0
>miles would be kinda tricky, but other than that . . .  Very Cool.)
>
>Amy
>=============================================================
>Bibliomation
>                 555 Lordship Blvd Stratford, CT 06497
>                 (203) 378-8700
>
>                 From:
>
>                        720 Pequot Avenue
>                        Southport
>                                       
>                To:
>
>                      555 Lordship Blvd
>                      Stratford
>                                                          
>                Distance: 9.0 miles.
>               Travel Time: 14 minutes
>
>
>                    Distance
>                           Directions
>                  1)
>                      0.1
>                           Start out going Northeast on PEQUOT AVE towards
>CENTER ST.
>                           Drive 0.1 miles.
>                  2)
>                      0.3
>                           Turn LEFT onto CENTER ST.
>                           Drive 0.2 miles.
>                  3)
>                      0.6
>                           Turn RIGHT onto RENNELL DR.
>                           Drive 0.3 miles.
>                  4)
>                      0.6
>                           RENNELL DR becomes POST RD/US-1.
>                           Drive 0.0 miles.
>                  5)
>                      0.7
>                           Take the I-95 NORTH ramp.
>                           Drive 0.1 miles.
>                  6)
>                      7.8
>                           Merge onto I-95 N.
>                           Drive 7.1 miles.
>                  7)
>                      7.8
>                           I-95 N becomes CONNECTICUT TPKE.
>                           Drive 0.0 miles.
>                  8)
>                      8.2
>                           CONNECTICUT TPKE becomes I-95 N.
>                           Drive 0.4 miles.
>                  9)
>                      8.2
>                           Take the CT-113/LORDSHIP BOULEVARD exit, exit
>number 30.
>                           Drive 0.0 miles.
>                  10)
>                      8.4
>                           Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp.
>                           Drive 0.2 miles.
>                  11)
>                      9.0
>                           Merge onto LORDSHIP BLVD.
>                           Drive 0.6 miles.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Amy Terlaga                           Libraries Sharing Computerized Services
>Bibliomation, Inc.
>555 Lordship Blvd.
>Stratford, CT. 06497
>(203) 378-8700
>(203) 375-1049 FAX
>aterlaga@biblio.org
> 
>
>
>
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Isabel L. Danforth   Reference Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
danforth@tiac.net     Coordinator of Librarians' Online Support Team
		       http://www.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/ 
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