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Memory Lane 46

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Here we go again..... another installment of....... Memory Lane Decatur Illinois #46 Ahrens, bottle, matchbook, Decatur Cartage, memory lane, Mueller, Dairy Lane, milk bottle, a.e. staley, staley, Staley Field, Collier, Wyckles, 1958, 1962, Sinclair, Farm Cafe, Graves, Pfile, Weidenbacher

Decatur: Google vs. Yahoo vs. Bing

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I came across something interesting as I was doing some research on-line and wanted to share it here. Here are 5 "snippits" of the Decatur metro area from on-line mapping tools.  Very interesting to compare & contrast them next to each other.  I tried to take my "snippit" of each from the same view, so that the level of detail was as close as possible to identical. BING:    * lists WYCKLES CORNERS, instead of WYCKLES * only 1 of 2 that does not list LARKDALE (near intersection of Mound Road and 48) * only 1 of 2 that lists the NS-DECATUR railyard GOOGLE: * only one that lists FANS FIELD as a point of interest * only one that lists NELSON PARK and ROCK SPRINGS CENTER  * FARIES PARK is shown in green, but is not labeled * only one that does not list the DECATUR AIRPORT (not even a little plane symbol) * only one that lists MACON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS * only one that does not show SANGAMON (upper right corner) or BEARSDALE (upp...