But then, dispensing with the need to "stick millions of little pieces of paper on to one big sheet of paper", he set about digitising the maps.
Dr Balakrishnan's solution, meanwhile, involves tweaking the controlling code that handles the rate adjustments and handoffs, dispensing with the need to fiddle with hardware or chips.
Shifts happen quickly, automatically and seamlessly, dispensing with the need for a left-hand clutch lever or left-foot shift pedal.
£14, cathkidston 5. Packit mini A clever idea: store the bag flat in your freezer until you need it, and it will keep food cool for up to 10 hours, dispensing with the need for ice packs.
The company is initially aiming for the owner-operators market — truck drivers who own their own rigs and would be able to increase their productivity by sleeping during long-haul trips and dispensing with the need for a second driver.
This, the Russians suggest, could protect the United States and Europe from threats from states like North Korea, dispensing with the need for the administration's system, which involves the deployment of 20 missile interceptors and a battle-management radar in Alaska by 2005.
The development of various types of postal codes was aimed at making the sorting of a coded letter a mechanical process for the operator by dispensing with the need to memorize a sorting plan.
It is estimated that America recouped the $21m it contributed to eradicating smallpox in the ten years to 1978 in just 26 days, simply by dispensing with the need for further jabs.
The plan also will reduce borrowers' fees, for example, by dispensing with the need for an appraisal in many cases and by automatically transferring mortgage insurance to the new loan.
Wal-Mart acknowledges that it summoned employees around the country to warn them about the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow unions to organize companies if more than half the workers signed cards agreeing to join, dispensing with the need for a secret ballot.
