Friday, April 13, 2007

Google Maps Has a Sense of Humor

A reader pointed me to this set of directions that you can get from Boston to Paris, France from Google:
Drive: 3,752 mi (about 29 days 5 hours)

1. Head southwest on Tremont St toward School St 115 ft
2. Turn left at School St 0.1 mi 1 min
3. Turn left at Washington St 115 ft
4. Turn right at Water St 0.2 mi 1 min
5. Turn right at Kilby St/Liberty Square 240 ft
6. Turn left at Milk St 0.2 mi 2 mins
7. Continue on Central St 0.1 mi
8. Turn right at Long Wharf 0.1 mi
9. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi 29 days 0 hours
Oddly enough, when I ask it to give me directions from Santa Monica, CA to Honolulu, HI, it claims that it can't do it. It appears to consider the Atlantic Ocean traversable, but not the Pacific Ocean.

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