I was not active on the internet very early days but -----
Years ago there were numerous online free maps. Maptech ? Mapquest ? I forget the names.
Obviously there were map discs sold.
Often on these old maps they would show railroads as red lines, etc.
What is lost are the red lines that often would show on urban maps. Such seemed to never show on any other type of map. Often not even topo.
A simple example ::::::::::::: locally an urban area is Bridgeport,Ct. On old maps red lines would show the short urban spurs in the city. Other cities also. TODAY all such evidence is gone. Tracks gone and and any evidence if snooped locally.
This thought just hit me recently. Wonder if this showed on older map discs. Instead of tossing those old discs save ? Might not work on a modern computer but if you still sit on old Windows computers who knows. I actually just got a Windows 95 from somebody. Why ? Oddly Marine radios made by ICOM can only be programmed by Windows 95.
Just a hobby to me so not looking to pay pay pay, etc.
Years ago there were numerous online free maps. Maptech ? Mapquest ? I forget the names.
Obviously there were map discs sold.
Often on these old maps they would show railroads as red lines, etc.
What is lost are the red lines that often would show on urban maps. Such seemed to never show on any other type of map. Often not even topo.
A simple example ::::::::::::: locally an urban area is Bridgeport,Ct. On old maps red lines would show the short urban spurs in the city. Other cities also. TODAY all such evidence is gone. Tracks gone and and any evidence if snooped locally.
This thought just hit me recently. Wonder if this showed on older map discs. Instead of tossing those old discs save ? Might not work on a modern computer but if you still sit on old Windows computers who knows. I actually just got a Windows 95 from somebody. Why ? Oddly Marine radios made by ICOM can only be programmed by Windows 95.
Just a hobby to me so not looking to pay pay pay, etc.
