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Many years ago, around 1982, I worked in the map room of a college library. Sorting quad maps of Georgia, I found myself looking at the Okefenokee Quadrangle intently. I found what I was looking for, Southeast of Waycross: Fort Mudge.
At the level of detail of a quad map, outside of city limits, every building is shown. For this locale, nothing was shown but the name, Fort Mudge, next to a blank stretch of CSX railroad tracks. I pictured it as a sign by the tracks; a rectangle of metal with block letters on it. It probably got stolen by some Pogo fan who put it in his den. Or perhaps it was one of those metal boxes out in the middle of nowhere that they keep secret railroad junk in.
Anyway, Google Maps don't have it. MapQuest shows it, still convenient to the railroad tracks. It appears that they've built a road through it now. You can see the details by changing to satellite view and zooming in (it goes to the penultimate magnification, then it suddenly turns conceptual).
Next time I go to Waycross, I'm taking a road trip. I wonder if there's a sign now.
PS It's at Yahoo! Maps too. Change view to satellite and zoom in.
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Many years ago, around 1982, I worked in the map room of a college library. Sorting quad maps of Georgia, I found myself looking at the Okefenokee Quadrangle intently. I found what I was looking for, Southeast of Waycross: Fort Mudge.
At the level of detail of a quad map, outside of city limits, every building is shown. For this locale, nothing was shown but the name, Fort Mudge, next to a blank stretch of CSX railroad tracks. I pictured it as a sign by the tracks; a rectangle of metal with block letters on it. It probably got stolen by some Pogo fan who put it in his den. Or perhaps it was one of those metal boxes out in the middle of nowhere that they keep secret railroad junk in.
Anyway, Google Maps don't have it. MapQuest shows it, still convenient to the railroad tracks. It appears that they've built a road through it now. You can see the details by changing to satellite view and zooming in (it goes to the penultimate magnification, then it suddenly turns conceptual).
Next time I go to Waycross, I'm taking a road trip. I wonder if there's a sign now.
PS It's at Yahoo! Maps too. Change view to satellite and zoom in.
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