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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

How do drive time maps save fuel?

An Internet-based map store put out a press release offering custom drive time maps. The selling point: they save gas. There’s no real explanation of how they’d be used for that purpose and I can’t think of any.

Update 3:26 pm: Based on the comments below I realize I didn’t define drive time maps. That was an error. Here’s the definition, a fine one, from the vendor of the maps in question: “Highlights drive time range limits.” Such maps define the boundary of how far a driver can go from a specified point in a specified time. The vendor suggests 5, 15, 30, 45 and hour ranges, but will accept any value you choose.

by Adena Schutzberg on 07/23 at 10:23 AM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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