Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:23:40 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: New Vanagon.com Repair Shops Map Page!
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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
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