Google Maps: Swim across the Atlantic Ocean

Martin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:42:28 +0000

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.

Now 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.

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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Google Maps: Swim across the Atlantic Ocean

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