In other words, technologists have to work damn hard to get ideas accepted by the mainstream and there's a tediously charted route through uninterest and scepticism, the ridicule and hype of early adopting, the undulation of that scrutiny and eventual, often reluctant, acceptance.
Cities like Portland, Ore., for instance, have reams of publicly available data on bike trails that Google Maps can use to chart routes.
"The Knowledge is more difficult than a university degree," said a pupil at Beejays taxi school, where "Knowledge Boys" meet each day to recite street names by the dozen and chart routes across the capital with maps and bits of string.
"Tell the truth but tell it slant, Success in circuit lies," wrote Emily Dickinson, charting the route by which flawed humans may nonetheless find wisdom.
I wondered if he would still be there when I returned alone, late at night, when the station would be desolate, and started charting another route home.
For this Sunday's event, Mr. Smith will be charting the route around the church and deciding what dances to perform - which he will lead himself and which he will delegate.
It is also equipped with GPS, so you can chart your route and even changes in elevation.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 06 explored and charted a route up the Missouri River into Montana and thence across Idaho and Oregon to the Pacific.
The best way to build strategy maps is from the top down, starting with the destination and then charting the routes that will lead there.
The writer charts a route through the Skyways but becomes confused when he reaches the second floor of J. C. Penney.
Joined by an Austrian named Barbara who had also been staying at Mr. Saryan's, we charted the route with a stop at a thermal spring.
