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    From Ben Collver@bencollver@tilde.pink to tilde.gopher on Wed Nov 9 16:35:35 2022
    Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/
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  • From freet@freet@aussies.space (The Free Thinker) to tilde.gopher on Thu Nov 10 21:27:02 2022
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

    It doesn't seem to know about Australia, assuming you're using the
    ISO3166-1 country code "AU", I always get "Invalid country
    specified." at the end.

    Still, I'm obsessed with plotting my own routes using paper maps,
    so personally I probably wouldn't use it anyway. I'm always happy
    to see more plain-text internet services available though.
    --

    - The Free Thinker | gopher://aussies.space/1/%7efreet/
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  • From James Tomasino@tomasino@cosmic.voyage to tilde.gopher on Fri Nov 11 02:51:07 2022
    On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

    It doesn't seem to know about Australia,

    Australia has roads? ;)
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  • From Ben Collver@bencollver@tilde.pink to tilde.gopher on Fri Nov 11 17:35:05 2022
    On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

    It doesn't seem to know about Australia, assuming you're using the
    ISO3166-1 country code "AU", I always get "Invalid country
    specified." at the end.

    Still, I'm obsessed with plotting my own routes using paper maps,
    so personally I probably wouldn't use it anyway. I'm always happy
    to see more plain-text internet services available though.

    Thanks for the feedback! This should be fixed now. Please try again.

    It wanted "au" rather than "AU". I fixed the script to accept either.
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  • From freet@freet@aussies.space (The Free Thinker) to tilde.gopher on Fri Nov 11 22:47:40 2022
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

    It doesn't seem to know about Australia, assuming you're using the
    ISO3166-1 country code "AU", I always get "Invalid country
    specified." at the end.

    Thanks for the feedback! This should be fixed now. Please try again.

    Works! Thanks for the quick fix.

    It wanted "au" rather than "AU". I fixed the script to accept either.

    Ah right. A while ago I needed a program to try guessing whether
    inputs match a known country. The UK was the worst: "united
    kingdom", "england", "scotland", "wales", "britain", "great
    britain", "london", "uk", "u k" "u.k.", "uk.", "u.k", "gb", "g b",
    "g.b." ...

    Yes "london" as a country name was included based on an input
    encountered before!
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    - The Free Thinker | gopher://aussies.space/1/%7efreet/
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  • From freet@freet@aussies.space (The Free Thinker) to tilde.gopher on Fri Nov 11 22:48:59 2022
    James Tomasino <tomasino@cosmic.voyage> wrote:
    On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:
    Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
    Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

    It doesn't seem to know about Australia,

    Australia has roads? ;)

    They're the crumbly stuff between the pot-holes. :)
    --

    - The Free Thinker | gopher://aussies.space/1/%7efreet/
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  • From Ben Collver@bencollver@tilde.pink to tilde.gopher on Sat Nov 12 16:43:16 2022
    On 2022-11-11, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

    Yes "london" as a country name was included based on an input
    encountered before!

    That's funny about using london as a country name.

    I guess its population is comparable to Austria, Israel, and
    Switzerland.
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