Yowie wrote:
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Jo Firey wrote:

for drives in the country. The whole point of which was to get lost.

That

of course meant finding a road you had never taken before and seeing

where

it went. I still do it if I really need a break.

Tom *loves* new roads, particularly if they're little back roads. He has
a large atlas of Texas where he highlights every road he's been on. It's
quite impressive!


Hey! Now thats an idea!

I wonder where I can get a map for my local area that is exhaustive?

I live in a "new" suburb, that is, most of this burb wans't here 5 years
ago. Consequently there are new bits added all the time, so new roads to
explore. However, there's this one house thats been visible from my place
ever since we moved in, and it looks like it has a copper dome with a
gargoyle on top. I don'thave a pair of binoculars so can't tell from here,
and I've set out many a time to actually drive past and get a better look.
But for the life of me I can't find the road that its on, and since its a
new 'burb, most of the usual street maps don't actually have this 'burn
printed in them. Its very frustrating (but does make interesting drives,
especially now with Cary, because we are never far from home!)

Yowie



Try http://www.whereis.com.au
Can't find any information there on how often it's updated, but
it seems pretty current for the new streets around where I live.
If someone built a copper dome near my place I'd want a close up
look too. I was most disappointed when our council recently
knocked back an application to build a Buddhist temple because it
didn't think the tall pointy roofs would "fit in".
Helen Wheels