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Re:London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test Puts Up a Fight in th... by bmsleight on Monday November 10, 2014 @04:03PM (#8586405)
Check out the run calling halfway down the article (Matt McCabe “calls-over” a long run)
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Re:London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test Puts Up a Fight in th... by blahedo on Monday November 10, 2014 @09:32PM (#8587962)
Yes, and notice how much of the run involves "forward" calls---that's when you stay on the same road, but it changes name. It's mindblowing.

If you want to track the run (it's accurate!) the starting point is right next to this node in OSM: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/279219489

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