Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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http://news.com.com/Searchers+think+they+are+nearing+missing+CNET+editor/2100-1028_3-6141107.html
Warned about dangerous road
The Kims were warned that the Bear Camp Road was dangerous this time of year when they stopped into the Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce about 20 miles south of Portland, Ore., on November 25 around 1:30 p.m. PST, said Logan Crozier, a visitor center representative at the office.
The Kims had used Mapquest to map out a route but wanted a scenic route to the coast, Crozier said Tuesday. The visitor center representative who was working that day gave the Kims a map printed off an unidentified Internet site, he said. "She warned them that by the time they got down there (southern Oregon), it would more than likely be dark, and she cautioned them not to take the route," he added.
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I ran Mapquest several times and was able to get a map going over NF-23 a few days ago and sent it as an example of one of the shortest routes between I-5 and Gold Beach. Other sites were saying that MapQuest doesn't use NF-23, but, that depends on which point you use as a starting point. If you use Roseburg they put you across on 42; if you use Grant's Pass they put you across on 199 and then up on 101. So, most of the nav programs will use NF-23 - I used a point south of Roseburg thinking that they would try to find the shortest route and whalla...
http://news.com.com/Searchers+think+they+are+nearing+missing+CNET+editor/2100-1028_3-6141107.html
Warned about dangerous road
The Kims were warned that the Bear Camp Road was dangerous this time of year when they stopped into the Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce about 20 miles south of Portland, Ore., on November 25 around 1:30 p.m. PST, said Logan Crozier, a visitor center representative at the office.
The Kims had used Mapquest to map out a route but wanted a scenic route to the coast, Crozier said Tuesday. The visitor center representative who was working that day gave the Kims a map printed off an unidentified Internet site, he said. "She warned them that by the time they got down there (southern Oregon), it would more than likely be dark, and she cautioned them not to take the route," he added.
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I ran Mapquest several times and was able to get a map going over NF-23 a few days ago and sent it as an example of one of the shortest routes between I-5 and Gold Beach. Other sites were saying that MapQuest doesn't use NF-23, but, that depends on which point you use as a starting point. If you use Roseburg they put you across on 42; if you use Grant's Pass they put you across on 199 and then up on 101. So, most of the nav programs will use NF-23 - I used a point south of Roseburg thinking that they would try to find the shortest route and whalla...
