From:	Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: World Atlas...was World Map
Date:	Mon, 19 May 1997 10:45:04 -0700

| > I know that it is tough for some of us Americans to fully visualize the
| > layout of European countries, just as I m sure that alot of Europeans
| > who have never been here would have a tough time visualizing America.
|
| We get loads of American TV shows and movies, so I think most Europeans
| have a reasonable idea of what American cities look like, on a basic
| level. The only real problem I think I run into are the weird names you
| give to streets over there (numbers, SE, NW, and all that).

I think that alot of us Americans have problems with street names here too.
:)
I can't stand it when a town has two streets with the same name, one with
East and the other West or some such nonsense.

| I found Sprawl Sites a pretty good sourcebook to get an idea of the
| layout of buildings (at least in SR), even though the maps are very plain
| and a bit simplified. Also the maps in the back of the Seattle Sourcebook
| help in visualizing what Seattle looks like -- they make it so easy to
| point to them and say "You're about here, and this is where the corp's
| offices are."

The general nature of the maps are good I think because they allow for
multi-purpose. I little imagination and that wharehouse is Renraku's
basement. Well you get the idea. ;)
Your remark about the Seattle map in the back of the BBB illustrates my
earlier point perfectly. Just give us all an atlas with 2050ish maps of
the world no major specifics are necessary IMHO.

-Caric


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