[AccessD] Google maps

Mon Apr 29 03:37:24 CDT 2024

Per ChatGPT (proves nothing):

The claim that truck drivers are functionally illiterate is a stereotype
and not supported by broad data. Regarding educational requirements, the
majority of truck driving positions require at least a high school diploma
or a GED. This is often necessary not only for employment criteria but also
for obtaining a Commercial Driver's License (CDL), which is required to
operate a truck. The specific educational requirements can vary by employer
and the type of driving involved. Some companies might hire drivers without
a high school diploma or GED, but these opportunities are likely less
common due to liability, safety standards, and regulations. In the trucking
industry, having a GED or high school diploma is generally important for
career advancement and securing stable positions. Therefore, while it's
possible to find truck driving jobs without a GED, such opportunities are
limited and becoming increasingly rare as industry standards and
regulations evolve.

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 6:20 PM Paul Wolstenholme <
Paul.W at industrialcontrol.co.nz> wrote:

> John,
>
> I had an interesting conversation a few weeks ago with a man who asserts
> that the vast majority of truck drivers are functionally illiterate.  He
> said few are capable of using a GPS or capable of finding an unfamiliar
> remote farm paddock that is being harvested overnight.  He asserted
> navigation instructions are passed on by describing the landmarks en-route
> rather than the destination address.  This person gave up on using what his
> degrees trained him to do, preferring to travel and go hiking.  He's
> discovered how to live cheaply as he travels widely throughout New Zealand,
> North America and other places using the income from the house he rents out
> and from trucking work he takes on from time to time (which he finds easily
> because he is literate).
>
> This is, of course, a generalisation.  I've also been told that all
> generalisations are false (which is itself a generalisation).
>
> Perhaps your intended market is the person in the office that the truck
> drivers call for instructions?
>
> Paul Wolstenholme
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 00:02, John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For now I am trying to avoid getting into all the google api stuff.  If
> you
> > have looked at it there are at least a dozen pieces and parts, completely
> > different APIs depending on what you want to do.  In addition one has to
> > give a credit card which does allow up to $200 worth of free api usage
> but
> > it is really difficult to discover exactly what that $200 will allow
> before
> > I start getting charged.  I have no issue paying for what I use however
> > this is not yet sanctioned and paid for by my company, and may never be.
> >
> > It appears that when I feed a string of valid addresses into google maps,
> > Maps generates a bunch of lat/long data and (probably) that is what that
> > additional data piece is.  In the end I will need that but not for a
> > while.  My intention eventually is to generate the stop location in
> Access,
> > feed it to google maps to get a map, recover the lat / long data back so
> > that I can feed that into a GPX file generator, then take that GPX file
> and
> > feed it into Garmin to upload into my Dezl 7xx GPS mapping.
> >
> > I own a device similar to this:
> >
> > Garmine Dezl
> > <
> >
> https://www.bestbuy.com/site/reviews/garmin-dezl-760lmt-7-gps-with-built-in-bluetooth-black/7352055
> > >
> >
> > The garmine is truck specific and knows how to route a map which keeps me
> > on a truck friendly route, avoiding low obstacles such as low overhead
> > train bridges and such, as well as  bridge weight limits.  Google maps
> will
> > take me places a truck cannot go.  However the Garmin is a royal PITA to
> > enter a route directly into.  Damned near impossible.  It has a very
> 1990s
> > interface.  So I am looking to build a bridge between myself and that.  I
> > have been using Google maps for years.  It is fine for cars but dangerous
> > for trucks and RVs - heavy or tall vehicles.
> >
> > But one thing at a time.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Another clue to the !1s:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47017387/decoding-the-google-maps-embedded-parameters
> > >
> > > Only when changing the parameter
> !1s0xd62377123a70817:0x85e89b65fcf7c648,
> > > the map display will break, meaning this parameter decodes the location
> > of
> > > the
> > > pinpoint.
> > >
> > > On 28 Apr 2024 at 10:19, Stuart McLachlan wrote:
> > >
> > > > This contains a lot of informatabout that those data items
> > > > https://mstickles.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/gmaps-urls-options/
> > > >
> > > > On 28 Apr 2024 at 7:44, Stuart McLachlan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 27 Apr 2024 at 11:58, John Colby wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > So...
> > > > > > 1) does anyone have a source to use to interpret that part of the
> > > url?
> > > > > > 2) does anyone know how to generate that entire thing, start to
> > > fdinish,
> > > > > > without dumping the address part into google maps and letting the
> > > browser
> > > > > > based app "interpret" it?
> > > > >
> > > > > https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation ?
> > > > >
> > > > > The format seems failry  straightforward and the document should
> > > explain the various data
> > > > > identifiers. which appreas to be a leading  three character string
> -
> > > "!" followed by "0L"
> > > > >
> > > > > Each item starts with a header followed by the data
> > > > > +USA/@33.7833331,-100.138283,5z/  'Map centre and zoom level?
> > > > > data=
> > > > > !3m1
> > > > > !4b1
> > > > > !4m85
> > > > > !4m84
> > > > >
> > > > > Then it is apparently 6 pieces of data for each point on the route.
> > > > >
> > > > > !1m5 = same for every entry!
> > > > > !1m1 = same for every entry!
> > > > > !1s0x88646f7df48bd7b9:0xf3817765e325957a = GUIDs ?
> > > > > !2m2 = same for every entry!
> > > > > !1d-86.7413824   = Latitude
> > > > > !2d36.0952999    = Longitude
> > > > >
> > > > >
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