Thought I'd share this tidbit in a thread I saw on usenet.
A telnet server with an interactive world map:
Thought I'd share this tidbit in a thread I saw on usenet.
A telnet server with an interactive world map:
YES!
This is exactly the content I was looking for. I was thinking how can I make my local bike trail system into ascii to put on the cycling message base of my BBS and you may have just found me an answer to that
question!
Wow, ok I'm glad someone could use it. Somewhat unexpected but great!
A telnet server with an interactive world map:
telnet mapscii.me
They use map data from openstreetmap. The OP and respondents to the
thread said you have to use real telnet to get in there. Supposedly it's not pure ascii because they use colors and braille unicode. You can move around using vi keys. It's dope enjoy.
A telnet server with an interactive world map:
telnet mapscii.me
They use map data from openstreetmap. The OP and respondents to the thread said you have to use real telnet to get in there. Supposedly i not pure ascii because they use colors and braille unicode. You can m around using vi keys. It's dope enjoy.
How do we zoom in??? I've used this before and know I could manipulate
the map a lot more...
pAULIE42o
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According to the OP, zoom is a & z
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... I'm not lost, I'm exploring alternative routes
A telnet server with an interactive world map:
telnet mapscii.me
They use map data from openstreetmap. The OP and respondents to the thread said you have to use real telnet to get in there. Supposedly i not pure ascii because they use colors and braille unicode. You can m around using vi keys. It's dope enjoy.
How do we zoom in??? I've used this before and know I could manipulate
the map a lot more...
It took a while to find though - since there aren't any street labels.
It's strangely rewarding to me to see other people who love to play with maps.
I forget that not everyone pours over aerial photography all day. I guess being a draftsman working in civil engineering has shaped me a little more than I thought!
I'm obsessed with maps. To the point that I avoid Google Maps sometimes because I know I'm going to get lost. Sat imagery is also a problem.. its worse.. I can go for hours on Sat imagery. Especially if I'm
hunting a place down.
i had a friend who was quite amazed by the paper city maps i have in my car.. for example the little index for looking up street names with the
It's strangely rewarding to me to see other people who love to play with maps.
I forget that not everyone pours over aerial photography all day. I guess being a draftsman working in civil engineering has shaped me a little more than I thought!
It's strangely rewarding to me to see other people who love to play w maps.
I forget that not everyone pours over aerial photography all day. I guess being a draftsman working in civil engineering has shaped me a little more than I thought!
I'm obsessed with maps. To the point that I avoid Google Maps sometimes because I know I'm going to get lost. Sat imagery is also a problem.. its worse.. I can go for hours on Sat imagery. Especially if I'm
hunting a place down.
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fusion wrote to TheNerd <=-
i had a friend who was quite amazed by the paper city maps i have in my car.. for example the little index for looking up street names with the "column" and "row' to find them on the map.. and then the blown up
section of downtown. seems like another thing they might not teach in school anymore ..
TheNerd wrote to fusion <=-
I have maps on my walls. Thats how much I love maps.
plane in St Louis last year because I got staring at a state map on the wall. It had a huge legend... OMG. legends... remember legends...
you don't really see them on Google Maps.. they just kinda assume you know or they just label it on mouse over.. but the little itch it
would scratch in your head to see a line that you didn't know, you look
at the legend and poof you knew. Not quicker.. just satisfying.
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Being a airman makes me a bit of a map nerd. And a weather nerd. Bunch
of other things I won't mention.
TheNerd wrote to fusion <=-
I have maps on my walls. Thats how much I love maps.
Not to mention the fact that when you do move, it's sometimes a struggle to get your security deposit back. Showing the place looking better than when you move in and having the landlord try to deduct repairs/cleaning would be entertaining!
Re: Re: ASCII world map
By: poindexter FORTRAN to TheNerd on Tue Jun 04 2024 09:14 am
Not to mention the fact that when you do move, it's sometimes a strug to get your security deposit back. Showing the place looking better t when you move in and having the landlord try to deduct repairs/cleani would be entertaining!
Years ago, when moving out of an apartment, someone from the leasing office did a walk-through with me and said it looked okay. I did all
the paperwork & things and moved out, and a month or so later, I got contacted by that apartment saying they were charging me for carpet
damage in a section of the carpet. They said it looked like pet urine.
I didn't even have any pets when I was living there, and I didn't know what they were talking about. When I said I didn't have a pet, they apparently didn't believe me; they said I could have had a pet and not told them.
Years ago, when moving out of an apartment, someone from the leasing
office did a walk-through with me and said it looked okay. I did all the
paperwork & things and moved out, and a month or so later, I got
contacted by that apartment saying they were charging me for carpet
damage in a section of the carpet. They said it looked like pet urine. I
yeah.. renting is pretty crummy.. i learned from some friends to always document *everything* so i did. a bit strange to take photos every 6 months of your apartment or whatever - as if you're trying to list the
Years ago, when moving out of an apartment, someone from
the leasing office did a walk-through with me and said it
looked okay. I did all the paperwork & things and moved
out, and a month or so later, I got contacted by that
apartment saying they were charging me for carpet damage in
a section of the carpet. They said it looked like pet
urine. I didn't even have any pets when I was living
there, and I didn't know what they were talking about.
When I said I didn't have a pet, they apparently didn't
believe me; they said I could have had a pet and not told
them.
Or.. The building superintendant had a pet that did the dirty deed, it was someone with a pet who went to view the apartment after you left, and they decided it was easy to pin it on you.
Re: Renting
By: Ogg to Nightfox on Wed Jun 05 2024 06:48 pm
Or.. The building superintendant had a pet that did the dirty deed, i someone with a pet who went to view the apartment after you left, and decided it was easy to pin it on you.
They should have kept a note that someone did a walk-thru of the
apartment with me and didn't see damage like that. I thought that was
the point of doing a walk-thru before a tenant leaves.
k9zw wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I had a rather detailed military type map covering a wall when I lived
in West Germany, and would put a dot on each small town I visited,
usually doing a Volksmarch.
Around universities watch out for the shitty management companies - people will tell you who they are. Unless you like fighting with expensive attorneys over small sums, they set out to abuse you like as if you were som sort of vassal in teh dark ages.
Re: Re: Renting
By: k9zw to Nightfox on Thu Jun 06 2024 09:49 am
I've hear so many stories recently about security deposits suddenly becoming cleaning deposits, routine carpet replacement required despite the "normal wear and tear" legal assumptions, landlords saying they replace the carpet after *every* tenant...
As long as it makes financial sense and they're selling a necessary good (housing), they'll screw their customers over. One or two may send them
to small claims court, and they'll grudgingly pay back a deposit (plus interest, oh, how they forget that!)
But, for every 1 who takes them to task, 9 grin and bear it.
What would it take for deposit grift to become financially untenable, I wonder?
Depending on where the Landlord can screw up your credit
ratings, get you blacklisted (easy for them in some of the
university situations) and other crap that is a form of
economic blackmail
In all honesty just talking with a properly qualified
attorney will burn all your deposit anyway.