Google Maps – Geography FAIL! edition
I love my readers and this is more proof why all yinz kickass. This was submitted to me from Tim at The Size of Life. He was planning a motorcycle trip that had him traveling from SE Ohio, through West Virginia and Pennsylvania. No biggie right? Make sure God is your co-pilot because Google Maps well gets you all sorts of messed up.
Class, pay attention…
For those of you unfamiliar with the eastern part of the United States here is a map for you (not Google Maps). I have colored in the states that are in question for this assignment. Tennessee, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Pretty easy eh? Well let’s zoom in and see what Google Maps has to say.
Looks kosher right? Click that image and see the full screen size.
Still can’t tell? Here let me help you out. Now click on this map
Thaaaaatttt’s right. Apparently Tennessee not only borders West Virginia but has also taken ownership of PA. Now I know some people call it Pennsyltucky (Pennsylvania and Kentucky, get it! wow thats bad) but this is a new one for me.
Thanks Tim for sending it in!
** UPDATE - Apparently Google Maps has already fixed this error. Glad we got the screen shots when we did! **
I have long since given up on google maps, mapquest, and GPS devices. I have had one too many experiences with bad directions, including one mapquest nightmare that took me off a highway exit, 6 miles up the road, and then back down the same road and onto the same highway.
Also – I like to find my own way – just give me a map. Generally, other people’s directions usually suck. My husband is a prime example of that – never take his directions – they are full of “and then you’ll come to a garage – go past it, and then you’ll see a sign for route 43 – keep going past it.”
Google Maps is usually good to me but I’ve found it lately to be way out of whack. It bugs me that none of the mapping tools recognize Cranberry Township and still list it as Criders Corner
hey yinz got 6 bucks you can give me? I need some pirmantis or a gyro help me out man….STILLERS!
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