Curiosity mission planner Dawn Sumner said photographs like the ones beamed back by the rover, as well as others taken by probes in orbit, will be used to map a path to the mountain's base -- "doing the best science we can along the way, but also keeping our eyes on that beautiful layered rock, " she said.

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Listen to turn-by-turn directions from the inside of your motorcycle helmet, check your trail map from the handlebars of your mountain bike, plot your chart and find fish on your next boating trip, or steer clear of lightning strikes when flying your jet.

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While a map easily identifies the many small and large mountain lakes, mostly unknown to tourists, I was keen to find the perfect one for a long-distance, open-air, cold-water swim.

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Tuck into the Captain Crunch French toast or the eggs Benedict while you map out your agenda for the day (the mountain has more than 5, 289 acres of terrain, after all).

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In a conference room next door Jerry Jr. pored over a geologic map of a ski resort the Falwells plan to build on Candlers Mountain, cell phone pressed to his ear as he debated with a real estate partner whether to use artificial snow for the slopes.

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