Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not standardized.

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The map below shows the location of Astrakhan' and Moscow. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

For example: Google Maps, when a turn is upcoming, will tell you to turn at a specific street after a certain number of feet. This, while technically correct, almost always leaves me feeling confused.

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