Google Maps - Practical Joke?

[pstillman]

Looks like someone in Google's development team is trying to be funny, in a political correct way of course.

Go to Google Maps and get directions from Japan to China. See number 43

Cheers

Peter

[TheCanadianGambler]

Well at least they're giving you better directions now. It used to say swim.

[craig96]

Looks like someone in Google's development team is trying to be funny, in a political correct way of course.

Go to Google Maps and get directions from Japan to China. See number 43

Cheers

Peter

I did this and it just said normal directions. Have they changed it now?

[Gabriel_LCP]

Did you hear what Google Earth did about a month ago? They made a mistake on the Costa Rican - Nicaraguan border. A part that has always been Costa Ricas was represented as Nicaraguan territory on Google Earth, Nicaraguan military took notice of this mistake and they sent in their troops to take whats "rightfully theirs"!

So Google admitted to the mistake but Nicaragua doesn't want to pull out their troops... So know what? Thanks Google Earth!

[Anthony]

Jet ski to China...

[wagerjunction]

33. Turn right

34. Turn left

35. Turn left

42. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean


With such accurate directions, there's no way anyone could ever get lost

[craig96]

33. Turn right

34. Turn left

35. Turn left

42. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean


With such accurate directions, there's no way anyone could ever get lost

Haha, yeah I saw that, I was looking for 43. I wonder if they are not joking and jet ski is what they do there.

[Tower_Stuart]

Nice!

[wagerjunction]

Haha, yeah I saw that, I was looking for 43. I wonder if they are not joking and jet ski is what they do there.

Do you mean like a jet ski taxi service?

That would be something!!!

[LuckyLizzy]

This is awesome I wonder how many of google's users actually printed this out and started on the journey only to get to number 42 and say, what the heck, it says we can jet ski across, let's go for it!

[wagerjunction]

Apparently it's just a hoax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google's_hoaxes

Didn't know that Google had such a sense of humour

[CasinoTom]

I Googled directions direction for driving home from LAC back to Malta earlier today, and it actually warned me that'd i'd have to drive through France:

This route has tolls.
This route includes a car transport.
This route includes a ferry.
This route crosses through France.

The first few points I can understand, but the last one???

[wagerjunction]

I Googled directions direction for driving home from LAC back to Malta earlier today, and it actually warned me that'd i'd have to drive through France:

This route has tolls.
This route includes a car transport.
This route includes a ferry.
This route crosses through France.

The first few points I can understand, but the last one???

I guess they just wanted to cover all their bases.