-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Google directions to Japan Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:48:26 +0000 From: Kollen, Chris <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> And when you try to change the route (for example, not stopping in Hawaii), it won't let you. Also being originally from the Seattle area, I was a little aghast that the directions went from Seattle to the Pacific without anything about going through the Puget Sound for through the Straits of Juan de Fuca! :) Chris Chris Kollen Research Support Services Librarian University of Arizona Library P.O. Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 [log in to unmask] 520-621-4869 -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Google directions to Japan -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Google directions to Japan Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:07:46 -0700 From: Tami Morse McGill <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> I tried getting directions for several Pacific islands (Tahiti springs to mind, as I watch the snow fall outside my office -- but hey, we have a _positive_ temp today, so why am I complaining?). I even tried just the first leg of the Japan trip, from "USA" to "Hilo, HI". Every other trip I tried got the message, "We could not calculate directions between *United States* and [destination]." So, yes, I think someone at Google is having a little fun. -- Tami Morse McGill Catalog Librarian University of Wyoming Libraries [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Angie Cope <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Google directions to Japan Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:48:32 -0500 From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> This went around Facebook the other day. I found myself wondering if someone at Google wasn't having some fun, rather than it being a legitimate goof (or fail as they say nowadays) Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Maps Librarian Phone: <tel:+15135291726>513-529-1726 <tel:+15135291726> Miami University Libraries Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Angie Cope Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Google directions to Japan I'm too tired from snow shoveling to post anything serious today. Hope you all don't mind ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: No link for this, just a series of instructions: Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:05:11 -0600 Go to Google Maps Click "Get Directions" Enter USA as the start, Japan as the end. Scroll down the instructions to 31 and 46. Enjoy!