gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » google maps fun http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Maps: Swim across the Atlantic Oceanhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/11/google-maps-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/11/google-maps-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:42:28 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/11/google-maps-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/ Now ain’t that interesting ? You can use Google Maps to get directions from one location to another. It is most of the time pretty accurate displaying information about highways, signs, exits and so on to give you a good impression of the route that lies ahead. You can try it now and head over to the Google Maps website and use the Get Directions tab to enter a starting point and destination to see how the system works.

swim across the Atlantic OceanNow guess what happens if you enter a starting point in Europe and a destination in North America ? Let us see what happens: I start in Berlin and want the direction to Fort Knox. (I love gold, hehe). Everything appears to be looking fine. I’m receiving 64 parts that detail the journey from Berlin to Fort Knox. Nothing unusual so far but take a look at the image that details the route, it goes straight through the Atlantic Ocean.

swim across the Atlantic Ocean

Now if we analyze direction 40 on the list we see something very astonishing. It says “Swim Across the Atlantic Ocean” with a distance of 5572 kilometers, that is 3462 miles! Think this is a pretty strange suggestion: What do you do with your car btw, leave it behind ?

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