{"id":1369,"date":"2008-10-02T10:18:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T14:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2008-10-02T10:18:23","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T14:18:23","slug":"building-a-better-guidebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/02\/building-a-better-guidebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Better Guidebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/10\/02\/take-care-of-the-lonely-planet-auntie-beeb\/\">I&#8217;m a fan of the Lonely Planet<\/a>, but I&#8217;m always looking for improvements on the usual guidebook model.\u00c2\u00a0 This has me keeping an eye on the electronic efforts. \u00c2\u00a0 Some have worked &#8211; I&#8217;m a long-term subscriber to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindigo.com\/\">Vindigo<\/a>, which focuses on US cities (not exactly a guidebook replacement, but it&#8217;s pretty good).\u00c2\u00a0 Still looking for something that would let me replace that 4lb Lonely Planet I dragged through India, however.\u00c2\u00a0 I recently came across <a href=\"http:\/\/zomgitscj.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/lonely-planet-book-guide-vs-nokia-maps.html\">this comprehensive review<\/a> of an effort to do just that by Lonely Planet and Nokia, where (some of) the LP content has been reformatted and made available through the Nokia Maps application.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 In the end, it&#8217;s more supplement than replacement, but it&#8217;s a good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a fan of the Lonely Planet, but I&#8217;m always looking for improvements on the usual guidebook model.\u00c2\u00a0 This has me keeping an eye on the electronic efforts. \u00c2\u00a0 Some have worked &#8211; I&#8217;m a long-term subscriber to Vindigo, which focuses on US cities (not exactly a guidebook replacement, but it&#8217;s pretty good).\u00c2\u00a0 Still looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-distribution","category-tech","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I&#039;m a fan of the Lonely Planet, but I&#039;m always looking for improvements on the usual guidebook model.\u00c2 This has me keeping an eye on the electronic efforts. \u00c2 Some have worked - I&#039;m a long-term subscriber to Vindigo, which focuses on US cities (not exactly a guidebook replacement, but it&#039;s pretty good).\u00c2 Still looking\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"distribution,tech,travel\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/02\/building-a-better-guidebook\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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