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Wait a minute. How would that work from a land-line?
It's an enterprising idea, if there were cell phones. You"d have to know where you're starting from, or they would need to recognise a call box.
"... and if you do make a mistake in writing down our directions, Sir / Madam, and get stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dirt track at 2 am, then please call us back for your free guidance top - up"
It's an enterprising idea, if there were cell phones. You"d have to know where you're starting from, or they would need to recognise a call box.
"... and if you do make a mistake in writing down our directions, Sir / Madam, and get stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dirt track at 2 am, then please call us back for your free guidance top - up"
I was a Rand McNally Atlas guy. We would hi-lite the route taken on every excursion. It was a navigation tool as well as a history or our travels. I then was an early adopter of MapQuest. I would plot and then print out our turn by turn route on my 24 pin dot matrix printer. 
I was not aware of a call in service.
I was not aware of a call in service.
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I drove from London to Copenhagen in 2004 with my first laptop.
No wifi or cell connection, can't remember if it had a Compass or GPS (?) - So a 15.6" laptop charging on the passenger seat, screen facing me after a fashion.
MS Autoroute (Map Quest) had the full route set up. I just had to to go the next page or re - scale and follow the blue line.
Can't remember why it was better than a map tbh, but it gave me a better overview of where I was (until I got lost in Ghent for an hour because of detours). 3 day trip but exciting.
No wifi or cell connection, can't remember if it had a Compass or GPS (?) - So a 15.6" laptop charging on the passenger seat, screen facing me after a fashion.
MS Autoroute (Map Quest) had the full route set up. I just had to to go the next page or re - scale and follow the blue line.
Can't remember why it was better than a map tbh, but it gave me a better overview of where I was (until I got lost in Ghent for an hour because of detours). 3 day trip but exciting.
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