Saturday 14 February 2009

Google Maps fun





I'm not quite sure if this is a mistake on Google Maps or if it's just Google quirkiness at play but when I entered Airlie Beach QLD to Brisbane on Google Maps I was left with 21,628km journey. That's from Brisbane, California to Airlie Beach, Australia though! Google Maps suggests this journey should take 54 days and 9 hours to complete....


It suggests heading from Airlie Beach to Darwin in Northern Australia.... then.....

27. Kayak across the Pacific Ocean to Japan
distance: 5,404 km


87. Sometime later you can
Kayak across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii
distance: 6,243 km


102. Cross Hawaii, go for a surf the grab your stuff and kayak across the Pacific Ocean to Washington
distance: 4,436 km


A very long while later you will arrive in Brisbane, San Francisco, probably very wet and very tired... with an intact kayak hopefully.

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