# Google Maps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397 "2007-04-16T22:58:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Ex\_Scientia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@Ex\_Scientia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Scientia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/1 "2007-04-16T22:58:30Z")

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Go to google maps and get directions from New York City, to Paris, France. Read number 23. Tell me why this is there 😃

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**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/2 "2007-04-16T23:04:16Z")

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Number 23 just says “Turn right at Long Wharf”. Is there some reason this is a bad direction? Or something else?

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Oh, I see. When I searched number 23 came up with the direction you gave, but I didn’t think to look lower. I think number 24 is the one you meant :smack: 🆒 .

I have no idea why that direction is there (it’s right though).

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**Author:** ![Ex\_Scientia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@Ex\_Scientia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Scientia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/3 "2007-04-16T23:05:35Z")

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um hold on actually, i might have the wrong number

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**Author:** ![Ex\_Scientia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@Ex\_Scientia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Scientia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/4 "2007-04-16T23:06:58Z")

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i think you are looking at number 22, its 23

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**Author:** ![Ex\_Scientia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@Ex\_Scientia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Scientia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/5 "2007-04-16T23:10:15Z")

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OK, point is, it says “Swim across Atlantic Ocean” WTF

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**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/6 "2007-04-16T23:30:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Ex Scientia]  
OK, point is, it says “Swim across Atlantic Ocean” WTF  
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The folks at Google have a sense of humor.

Check out [Google Moon](http://moon.google.com/), and zoom all the way in.

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**Author:** ![tbdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tbdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbdi)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/7 "2007-04-16T23:35:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Scruloose]  
Check out [Google Moon](http://moon.google.com/), and zoom all the way in.  
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It’d be funnier if it were green.

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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/8 "2007-04-16T23:38:13Z")

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This is weird - I could swear I read this exact thread yesterday, but all the posts have taken place within the last hour.  
_edit_ Ah, similar threads [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416594) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416079).

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps/400397/9 "2007-04-17T00:23:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Achren]  
Ah, similar threads [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416594) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416079).  
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Since there are already other threads in place, I’ll close this one.