A pointless thread on 'Free to Use' map and others.

[Anthony Marsh]

Maybe your forum software is defective. You should have been able to download the map I uploaded.
Here is Roberdeau's map:

http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img160...g110508mb6.gif

Here is my map from 1990:

http://the-puzzle-palace.com/Dealey.gif

Print out both maps, preferably on clear acetate and lay one over the other. You will see that they match perfectly in almost all places except where he has added his own details. Note especially the distance from Main Street to the TSBD. No one else knew at the time the correct distance. I was the only one to figure it out.
Note especially the two tool sheds behind the pergola shelter. Note the street lights and traffic lines. Note the steps up to the pergola. I was the one who had to figure out pixel by pixel how to change straight lines into curves. You'll also notice that he corrected my curve of Elm Street. Since he was using an IBM whereas my Commodore 64 program did not make curves.
Even some of his staunchest defenders have admitted that he started with my map.
He has never admitted it. He has never credited me.
That's called stealing research. Like most people he probably found my map floating somewhere on the Internet and didn't realize where it came from. That why I corrected an incorrect post by someone else to set the record straight.

Anthony,

I don't need printers or acetate to see that the 1990 map you say is yours (which is clearly labeled "Free to Copy" by the way) is a simple diagram of a physical location. Whereas Don's document presents a massive amount of detail in a concise format. Your document does not resemble Don's document in terms of appearance or usefulness.

Myra

So you refuse to look at my documentation of my claim!
Then don't keep saying that I did not prove my claim!
Are you really that DENSE??
I did not say print out my map and his to compare the commentary. My map does not have any commentary.
Compare the drawing of the map.
Are you physically unable to do it? You don't have a computer program to do it? You don't own a printer?

As I said 5 times before already, Roberdeau merely STARTED with my basic plat (maybe you don't know what plat means?) and then added his own details.
Comparing the details of my drawing to his proves that.
You can see what is EXACTLY the same and what he changed.
Wanna try again with lame excuses? You can point out that his map is in color whereas my map is only in black and white. That will prove that his map is not the same as my map. Everyone will be impressed with your powers of logic. But I never said that his map is the same as mine. Or that my map is a document with commentary.
I said that he added a lot of speculative text.
If you believe that his speculative text is accurate you are not a serious researcher.