-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Online Mapping Chuckle for the Day (or why we need paper maps and people who know geography) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:45:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> To: Map&AirPhotoDiscussionList <[log in to unmask]> Hello, I may be starting the weekly chuckles early. I am thinking of going to a meeting next week at Chicago State University. So this morning, I decided to check Google Maps to try and get an approximate location. Google Maps pointed me to the University of Illinois at Chicago. Then I tried Map Quest. They offered me a choice of 5 locations (one of which was correct). When I tried the map system at Microsoft (www.msn.com), it pointed me to a site in Peoria, Illinois, which is in West Central Illinois. However, the exercise did give me a very good laugh to start out the morning. Linda Zellmer P.S. All three of the sites worked when I put the search in quotes, but how many general users use quotes in their searches? -- Linda Zellmer Government Information & Data Services Librarian 415 Malpass Library Macomb, IL 61455 [log in to unmask] Phone: 309-298-2723 Fax: 309-298-2791