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Subject:Re: New Vanagon.com Repair Shops Map Page!
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:05:48 -0400

Not until Abel's great app runs on a laptop.

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On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> And maybe it's duplicating what Abel's great app, vanAlert, already does?
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> > On Apr 11, 2017, at 10:38 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
> kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >
> > I spoke to Larry about this a while back.  He wasn't really interested in
> > doing the map overlay route that I am going.  I want to have all of these
> > shops on Google Maps so that if a person is broken down, they can pull it
> > up and find a shop local to them, then just a couple of clicks and they
> > have navigation.  I am NOT interested in having to deal with updating a
> > shop referencing guide like Larry does.  So there is still a place for
> both
> > of these.  My map will have ratings on most of the shops but it will be
> > from Google users not necessarily Vanagon owners.  If you find a shop on
> my
> > map, you could easily look them up in Roadhaus to see what other Vanagon
> > owners are saying.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:14 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree, it's nutty not to coordinate with Larry Chase.  You make it
> sound
> >> as though he hasn't been doing this for a decade.
> >>
> >> I think well of this local shop.  Owner is Mark Norberg.  He should
> already
> >> be in Larry's listing.
> >>
> >> https://www.dmv.com/directory/rhode-island/johnston/r-m-
> >> auto-care-123-putnam-pike
> >>
> >> Yrs,
> >> d
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 8:35 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
> >> kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have been doing lots of work on the new Vanagon.com
> >>> <http://vanagon.com/> site.
> >>> One of the things that I have always wanted to have is a map with
> repair
> >>> shops listed so that you can find one when you need it. Since travel
> >> season
> >>> is upon us, I got this quick and dirty map going. Please take a look. I
> >>> know some of the locations aren't complete. I will fix them soon.
> However
> >>> there are many shops I haven't had a chance to add yet. If you know of
> a
> >>> good Vanagon shop in your area please message me and I will add it.
> Here
> >> is
> >>> a link to the new map page:
> >>> http://www.vanagononline.com/articles/vanagon-repair-shops-map/
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ken Wilford
> >>> John 3:16
> >>> www.vanagain.com
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wilford
> > John 3:16
> > www.vanagain.com
>