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War Driving With The Kids

Posted by Hemos on from the wonderful-way-to-spend-a-vacation dept.

burntfungus writes "War Driving on Vacation with your kids. A drive from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo's Gum Alley (yes, it's bubble gum on the wall), then on to San Francisco. Hundreds of 802.11b Access points available for mapping with Netstumbler. Some in the middle of nowhere."

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  1. Sounds fun but... by jspectre · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I'd rather be out GeoCaching. Safer, legal (well no one can arrest you for hacking at least), and there's treasure to be found!

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    1. Re:Sounds fun but... by Bishop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      hmm. good idea.

  2. Whoop de doo... been done before... by webwench_72 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whoop-de-doo! General aviation pilots have been doing this for years on various handheld and panel-mount GPS and LORANs with and without the maps, and, yes, have integrated these units with moving maps on their laptops. People who drive Mercedes have had this option available for at least a couple of years now.

    Frankly, you can do the same trip-planning and navigation with a map and an odometer with a trip meter. Why is this such a big hairy deal?

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