Google Maps - Practical Joke?

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1 December 2010, 5:57 am
pstillman

Google Maps - Practical Joke?

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 :joy:

Cheers

Peter
1 December 2010, 7:23 am
TheCanadianGambler

Well at least they're giving you better directions now. It used to say swim. :evillaug:
15 December 2010, 9:04 am
craig96

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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 :joy:

Cheers

Peter

I did this and it just said normal directions. Have they changed it now?
15 December 2010, 10:02 am
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!:no:
16 December 2010, 9:09 am
Anthony

Jet ski to China... :evillaug:
16 December 2010, 9:33 am
wagerjunction

33. Turn right

34. Turn left

35. Turn left

42. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean :surfing:

With such accurate directions, there's no way anyone could ever get lost :lolol
16 December 2010, 9:38 am
craig96

Quote:

Originally Posted by wagerjunction

33. Turn right

34. Turn left

35. Turn left

42. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean :surfing:

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

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.
16 December 2010, 1:21 pm
Tower_Stuart

Nice! 8-)
16 December 2010, 1:23 pm
wagerjunction

Quote:

Originally Posted by craig96

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!!!
16 December 2010, 2:06 pm
LuckyLizzy

This is awesome :D 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!
17 December 2010, 10:01 am
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 :lalalala:
17 December 2010, 10:04 am
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???
17 December 2010, 10:12 am
wagerjunction

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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???

I guess they just wanted to cover all their bases.