# Fun with Driving Directions (Google Maps) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072 "2007-06-07T01:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/21 "2007-06-08T22:37:01Z")
How about [From here to there](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=here&daddr=there&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,59.765625&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=7) Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/22 "2007-06-08T22:39:24Z")
Or to quote Neil Young, [From Hank to Hendrix](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Hank&daddr=Hendrix&sll=45.916655,2.979575&sspn=3.393855,7.470703&ie=UTF8&z=3&om=1) (Now that I have the hang of it, I will try to do more than one per post) Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/23 "2007-06-08T22:48:13Z")
[From one friend to Another](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=one+friend&daddr=another&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,59.765625&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=54.367759,-31.289062&spn=2.842062,7.470703&z=7) To get literary, [From here to Eternity](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=here&daddr=eternity&sll=54.367759,-31.289062&sspn=2.842062,7.470703&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) Ok, I’m done Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/24 "2007-06-09T18:44:33Z")
I’m taking to this like a [Duck to Water.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Duck,+Uninc+Dare+County,+Dare,+North+Carolina,+United+States&daddr=water&sll=45.916655,2.979575&sspn=2.560492,5.009766&ie=UTF8&cd=2&ll=42.682435,-39.902344&spn=43.029157,80.15625&z=3&om=1) Fun! ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/25 "2007-06-09T18:59:38Z")
[Heart to Heart.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Heart,+Missouri,+United+States&daddr=Heart,+Uninc+Fulton+County,+Fulton,+Arkansas,+United+States&sll=40.203745,-90.17179&sspn=11.234325,20.039062&ie=UTF8&cd=2&z=7&om=1) [Hard to Hold](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Hard&daddr=Hold&sll=49.68545,1.114015&sspn=4.76253,10.019531&ie=UTF8&z=5&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/26 "2007-06-10T02:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Note: I had to use curly brackets here {} because the SDMB system parsed my sample square brackets as an actual link even though I told it not to. [/QUOTE] I don’t know of an option for it to not parse vb code. Telling it not to automatically parse urls (in other words, you post a url, it adds the url tags to it and makes it into a link automatically) will have no effect on its parsing of link codes you’ve put into your post. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/27 "2007-06-10T14:09:48Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] [heaven to hell](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=heaven&daddr=hell&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.323858,57.480469&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1) … [/QUOTE] and once you’ve started that trip, you might as well extend it [to hell and beyond](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&sll=40.872075,-83.993935&sspn=3.397458,7.470703&ie=UTF8&cd=1&saddr=hell&daddr=Beyond,+Walwyn+Rd,+Colwall,+Malvern,+County+of+Herefordshire+WR13,+United+Kingdom&z=3&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/28 "2007-06-10T14:29:29Z")
From [pillar to post](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/29 "2007-06-10T16:32:27Z")
How about [from Sloes to Gin](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1)? Or [from Yeast to Beer](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1)? For the slimmers, there’s [from Fat to Thin](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1). How about this reversal of fortune: [from Judge to Prisoner](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1). Via [Judge to Jury](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1). For those in search of [the Path to Redemption](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1), here’s the route [from Monster to Saviour](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=pillar&daddr=post&sll=44.181945,-36.624985&sspn=51.212883,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/30 "2007-06-10T18:04:30Z")
Here’s how to go [from the sublime to the ridiculous](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=the+sublime&daddr=the+ridiculous&sll=45.916655,2.979575&sspn=3.240976,7.338867&ie=UTF8&z=5&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/31 "2007-06-10T18:17:19Z")
And this trip can only go [from better to worst](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=better&daddr=worst&sll=41.200055,-39.827015&sspn=55.332292,117.421875&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1)\*. - Yes, I know the correct expression is ‘from better to worse’ – but Google maps has no clue where “worse” is located. So sue me – after you get through swimming the Atlantic Ocean, that is! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/32 "2007-06-10T18:26:23Z")
[Life to Death](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=life&daddr=death&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.22949,79.101563&ie=UTF8&z=2&om=0) turns out to entail yet another long swim. I can keep doing this from [Six Ways to Sunday](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=six+ways&daddr=Sunday+Cottage,+Shoscombe,+Bath,+Bath+and+North+East+Somerset+BA2,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.951033,59.238281&ie=UTF8&cd=10&z=2&om=0). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/33 "2007-06-10T18:36:49Z")
[Ashes to ashes](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Ashes,+Harlequin+Ln,+Crowborough,+East+Sussex+TN6,+United+Kingdom&daddr=Ashes,+Lynn+Rd,+Shouldham,+Kings+Lynn,+Norfolk+PE33,+United+Kingdom&sll=52.999555,-4.169725&sspn=4.622035,11.601562&ie=UTF8&cd=3&z=8&om=1) [Cradle to grave](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Cradle+House,+Luke+St,+Berwick+St+John,+Shaftesbury,+Wiltshire+SP7,+United+Kingdom&daddr=Grave+Brev%C3%B6rde,+Holzminden,+Lower+Saxony,+Germany&sll=30.21353,-92.35888&sspn=0.006481,0.01133&ie=UTF8&cd=3&z=7&om=1) [Water to wine](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=water&daddr=Wine,+Nieuwehorne+Heerenveen,+Friesland,+Netherlands&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=9.076856,23.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=7&om=1) ---
**Author:** ![Public\_Animal\_No.9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Public\_Animal\_No.9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Public_Animal_No.9)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/34 "2007-06-10T18:37:37Z")
It’s not terribly far to go from [Rags to Riches](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Rag's+Ln,+Woolpit,+Bury+St+Edmunds,+Suffolk+IP30,+United+Kingdom&daddr=Riches,+Moorend+Rd,+Eldersfield,+Gloucester+GL19,+United+Kingdom&sll=47.2517,9.525855&sspn=7.472362,15.249023&ie=UTF8&cd=2&z=8&om=1). On the other hand, going from [Last to First](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Last+Zwethau,+Torgau-Oschatz,+Saxony,+Germany&daddr=First+School,+1733+Ocean+Park+Blvd,+Santa+Monica,+Los+Angeles,+California,+United+States&sll=42.824675,-52.710725&sspn=116.742614,243.984375&ie=UTF8&z=2&om=1) is quite a jaunt. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/35 "2007-06-10T21:43:03Z")
At the party, Jim went from [Beer to Vodka](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=beer&daddr=vodka&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.939885,59.765625&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) and got a DUI en route. This also caused him to go from [marraige to divorce](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=marraige&daddr=divorce&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.939885,59.765625&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=1) Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/36 "2007-06-10T22:10:50Z")
[Stick to basics](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=stick&daddr=basics&sll=51.79792,0.7308&sspn=19.202131,46.40625&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1) takes you, bizarrely, to ‘Back to Basics’ in Dorset. I might [take them to task](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=take&daddr=task&sll=52.129665,3.11249&sspn=4.755537,11.601563&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=6) over this. [Grind them to a pulp](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Grind+station,+Sweden&daddr=pulp&sll=53.839575,7.92765&sspn=9.147241,23.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=3&ll=59.877912,20.258789&spn=7.784339,23.203125&z=6&om=1). Because they should [stick to the script](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=stick&daddr=script&sll=59.877912,20.258789&sspn=7.784339,23.203125&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/37 "2007-06-10T22:28:35Z")
Did you know you could go from [Gorilla to Man?](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gorilla&daddr=man&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,59.765625&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) So should you go from believing in [Creation to Darwin’s](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=creation&daddr=Darwin's+&sll=43.020714,-78.464355&sspn=7.131974,14.941406&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) theory? You could almost go from [religious to careless](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Religious&daddr=careless&sll=40.90969,-44.13167&sspn=58.146476,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=3&om=1)😃 Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/38 "2007-06-10T22:40:39Z")
Drive literally [from Sunrise to Sunset](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=sunrise&daddr=Sunset,+Montague,+Texas,+United+States&sll=29.810515,-88.94776&sspn=13.781789,19.775391&ie=UTF8&ll=26.431228,-77.519531&spn=55.237802,79.101563&z=3&om=1). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/39 "2007-06-10T22:51:47Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] Did you know you could go from [Gorilla to Man?](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gorilla&daddr=man&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,59.765625&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1) [/QUOTE] And [Sergeant to Schwartz](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Sergeant,+Wetmore,+McKean,+Pennsylvania,+United+States&daddr=Schwartz&sll=47.60199,-33.00788&sspn=41.516969,92.8125&ie=UTF8&ll=45.890008,-35.507812&spn=42.719345,92.8125&z=4&om=1) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072/40 "2007-06-10T23:54:51Z")
From [Love to Intercourse](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Love,+Texas,+United+States&daddr=Intercourse,+Lancaster,+Pennsylvania,+United+States&sll=32.97056,-94.60861&sspn=0.17541,0.32135&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=6&om=1) and then from [Intercourse to Birth](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Intercourse,+Lancaster,+Pennsylvania,+United+States&daddr=birth&sll=36.622175,-85.365455&sspn=10.732322,20.566406&ie=UTF8&z=3&om=1) (which is a much longer journey). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-driving-directions-google-maps/407072.md?page=3)