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Subject: Re: App]le Maps
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From: Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:27:33 -0400
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On 2015-10-23 18:41, Lewis wrote:
> In message <joGdnZBTO4Oc4LfLnZ2dnUU7-eGdnZ2d@giganews.com>
>    Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2015-10-23 02:51, Lewis wrote:
>>> In message <yP6dnXjHELM_wLTLnZ2dnUU7-Q-dnZ2d@giganews.com>
>>>     Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-22 14:19, Lewis wrote:
>>>>> In message <xvGdnXtN7YOzRrXLnZ2dnUU7-VednZ2d@giganews.com>
>>>>>      Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> OTOH, planning a trip from point A to point B when you are at neither is
>>>>>> a PITA in Apple Maps as you can't enter arbitrary begin/end points as
>>>>>> you can so simply in Google Maps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Complete and utter bullshit.
>>>
>>>> Complete and utter truth.
>>>
>>> Nope. I have directions on my screen right now for Vancouver to
>>> Vancouver. I am not in either Washington nor British Columbia.
>
>> Sure.  But you didn't do it by clicking on start and end points as
>> easily as one does in Google Maps.
>
> I've never done that in Google Maps either. Why would I? When I am
> getting directions I am always getting them from a place to another
> place. Name or addresses work perfectly for this.

Yep.  OTOH if you're planning a trip and want to explore options of all 
kinds, esp. when you don't have details about locations, it's much 
easier to point and right click.  I guess when you travel as much as I 
do you do things differently to get different options.