Find your way around New York City
One of my colleagues just sent this to me and it was mind-numbing enough to pass on here.
If you go to this link, you will find a way to find the nearest cross-street to any address in NYC, aside for some of the lower streets below 8th.
If you can remember that, you are probably better off remembering to bring a map to your next city outing! Wow. I wonder if cab drivers memorize this?
It also reminds me of the Doomsday Algorithm which I actually did memorize for one year… a few years back. However, the NYC thing is worse than that since there are more numbers to remember for the street system.
Comments
Nick, when I worked in the city (6 years ago) I had an app on my original palm pilot that executed this cross street algorithm. It came in very handy. I am sure it is still available somewhere out there.
Posted by: Peter Madsen | July 28, 2005 11:30 AM