Comments on: Interactive Airport Map Displays U.S. Airports Getting Big Grant Money http://www.nucloud.com/blog/interactive-airport-map-displays-us-airports-getting-big-grant-money/ Scalable Multimedia Services for Higher Education | nuCloud Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=323 By: Gwen Shalhoub http://www.nucloud.com/blog/interactive-airport-map-displays-us-airports-getting-big-grant-money/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Gwen Shalhoub Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:03:09 +0000 http://www.nucloud.com/?p=222#comment-470 Now, you might try to take it off Google Earth or so. Well, good luck to you: their map overlay for these regions is either totally absent, or it sucks! And ever tried to put a sat image on your GPS device (that is IF there's a good coverage of the area, and IF you get it calibrated accurately)? Well, I assure you, once on the road, you'll see next to nothing on your screen, particularly in full sunshine. Remember, there's not much shade in Ladakh. You NEED an accurate and contrast-rich map, nothing less will do. Now, you might try to take it off Google Earth or so. Well, good luck to you: their map overlay for these regions is either totally absent, or it sucks! And ever tried to put a sat image on your GPS device (that is IF there’s a good coverage of the area, and IF you get it calibrated accurately)? Well, I assure you, once on the road, you’ll see next to nothing on your screen, particularly in full sunshine. Remember, there’s not much shade in Ladakh. You NEED an accurate and contrast-rich map, nothing less will do.

]]> By: J Kraft http://www.nucloud.com/blog/interactive-airport-map-displays-us-airports-getting-big-grant-money/comment-page-1/#comment-86 J Kraft Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:47:02 +0000 http://www.nucloud.com/?p=222#comment-86 The map is great, and extremely accurate. Unfortunately, you are misguided by USA Today's biased "reporting" of this airline driven propaganda. If you investigate this issue further, you will find that the small GA airport users that you classify as a "select wealthy class of plane owners" do, in fact, more than pay for them through aviation fuel taxes. The amount of money paid to the federal government by GA airport users well exceeds the amounts the GA airports receive in federal grants. This is the main fact ignored by the USA Today article. In contrast... how about a map that shows how much federal money is spent maintaing local municipaity roads that Most drivers will never use? The map is great, and extremely accurate. Unfortunately, you are misguided by USA Today’s biased “reporting” of this airline driven propaganda.

If you investigate this issue further, you will find that the small GA airport users that you classify as a “select wealthy class of plane owners” do, in fact, more than pay for them through aviation fuel taxes. The amount of money paid to the federal government by GA airport users well exceeds the amounts the GA airports receive in federal grants.

This is the main fact ignored by the USA Today article.

In contrast… how about a map that shows how much federal money is spent maintaing local municipaity roads that Most drivers will never use?

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