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Cool job - GPS mapping
May 24, 2007
Sounds like a cool job where you get to see new places and meet interesting people:
Stijn Ulenaers and his girlfriend Gudrun Vanlaar have been mistaken for spies, security guards and snoopers.
"Once somebody even thought we were crazy people trying to record everything about our holiday," says Miss Vanlaar.
The confusion tends to arise because of their unusual vehicle and what some people may describe as erratic driving habits.
The young Belgian couple are surveyors for Tele Atlas, one of several firms including competitor Navteq that produce digital maps for satellite navigation devices.
It is their job to drive a tangerine coloured camper van, armed with six CCTV cameras, a gyroscope and various other sensors, up, down and around the highways and byways of Europe to check the accuracy of the firm's digital maps.
Posted by Kathie on May 24, 2007 6:18 PM.
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