[PLUG] FYG: Alternatives to Google Maps

Keith Lofstrom keithl at gate.kl-ic.com
Sat May 2 03:26:57 UTC 2015


I've used "classic" google maps until it went away.  The
new version is optimized for small screens and small minds,
but randomly crashes firefox and X on my big screen laptop.
I will upgrade distros soon, and that might fix it, but it
might be a small-screen small-programmer-brain problem.

So - suggestions for alternatives?  I was quite adept at
using classic, especially the ability to scroll out to 
full-planet-map-view with one mouse-stroke.  Perhaps that
does not matter to the globally unaware, but I sometimes
use street view in London or Hong Kong ( "...  where was
that place we went ...") and the new maps requires many
more mouseclicks and many netflix-delays to use.

Keith

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Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com



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