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Kate Connally
 
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> On Tue 23 Aug 2005 08:57:11a, Kate Connally wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> > Christine Dabney wrote:
> >>
> >> Okay folks..
> >>
> >> A lot of folks are adding themselves... But I guess I forgot to add
> >> one important piece of information.
> >>
> >> You can zoom down to street level on this map. You have to keep on
> >> zooming in, and moving the map. You move the map so you can zero in,
> >> and then keep on zooming in on your area. You can go down as far as
> >> street level... It won't show street addresses, but it will get you
> >> very close to where you are.
> >>
> >> Now try it. Those of you who put yourself in the wrong place, let me
> >> know, and I will delete you so you can add yourself in the right
> >> place.
> >>
> >> Christine

> >
> > Okay, here's a question. How do you get the name
> > of your town to show. For instance, when you are zoomed
> > out about 3/4 of the way you can no longer see Pittsburgh
> > in the southwestern PA area. Yet you can see Hempfield
> > (a small town way out in the country). That seems odd.
> > I seems to me that you ought to be able to see the major
> > cities when you are zoomed way out but only see the small
> > towns when you are fairly close in, so I thought maybe someone
> > fixed it so their town would show! If so, how do you do that?
> >
> > In any case, Pittsburgh is a major city and should show at
> > all distances! I'm actually in Turtle Creek, a suburb of
> > Pittsburgh, but I don't care that much if it shows (and,
> > wow, do you have to get way in before Turtle Creek comes up
> > at all) but Pittsburgh should definitely show instead of
> > Hempfield. Sheesh! ;-)
> >
> > Kate
> >

>
> There is no Pittsburgh. Were you not notifed that Pittsburg was cancelled?
> Only the small towns and suburbs still exist.


Tee hee hee. Very funny Wayne. And by the way, even though
Pittsburg (sic) doesn't exist anymore, it still has an *h* at
the end. :-)

Kate