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Google Maps in Japan Sucks

August 28, 2008 – 9:31 am

Don’t get me wrong, Google Maps finds my apartment just fine. Heck, it even has my exact building. But that is only half the value of an online map. The real value is directions. This is where Google maps falls apart.
Imagine you want to take the train somewhere. Google Maps [...]

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Beware Google Maps

February 12, 2008 – 8:33 pm

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Evil Can Still be Kind of Funny

May 31, 2007 – 11:55 pm

Ignoring the arguments about whether Google is as good as they claim to be, one has to admit that they have a sense of humor. Take for instance their directions via google maps to get from New York, NY to Paris, France. I don’t know why I’d never considered just swimming the 3,462 miles [...]

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Improve Your Stalking with Google Maps

March 14, 2007 – 3:40 pm

A couple of days ago I was on the NY Post website for some reason and I bumped into something that creeped me out. The NY Post is offering a Celebrity Sightings map which uses the power of google maps. Anyone can submit their sighting of stars in New York city. Not too [...]

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