http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Sat, 17 May 2008 00:50:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/#comment-89709 Kate Tue, 15 May 2007 19:53:00 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/#comment-89709 How fun! Unfortunately they have fixed the problem. I'm from Boston so if I got directions such as those I might not think anything was wrong! LOL How fun! Unfortunately they have fixed the problem. I’m from Boston so if I got directions such as those I might not think anything was wrong! LOL

]]> http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/#comment-63020 Agylen » Travel directions according to Google Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:48:35 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/#comment-63020 [...] A couple years ago I made fun of Microsoft for suggesting a trip across most of Northern Europe for going from Haugesund, Norway to Trondheim, Norway. It’s only fair then that I poke fun at Google now for suggesting that you cross Sydney Harbor (going via a toll bridge) if you merely want to go from 200 Sussex Street to 201 Sussex Street, which amounts to basically crossing the street. Google Embarrassed in Australia | TechCrunch: “Reporters at a Sydney, Australia newspaper discovered an embarrassing flaw in Google’s Map product - Google recommends a 10.4 kilometer trip, across the harbor and back, to go the thirty steps from Google’s Sydney headquarters to a hotel located across the street. The suggested route would also include a AU$3 bridge toll. Any query for driving directions from areas east, south or west of Google’s headquarters will suggest the same detour across the harbor, using a toll tunnel or bridge. [...] […] A couple years ago I made fun of Microsoft for suggesting a trip across most of Northern Europe for going from Haugesund, Norway to Trondheim, Norway. It’s only fair then that I poke fun at Google now for suggesting that you cross Sydney Harbor (going via a toll bridge) if you merely want to go from 200 Sussex Street to 201 Sussex Street, which amounts to basically crossing the street. Google Embarrassed in Australia | TechCrunch: “Reporters at a Sydney, Australia newspaper discovered an embarrassing flaw in Google’s Map product - Google recommends a 10.4 kilometer trip, across the harbor and back, to go the thirty steps from Google’s Sydney headquarters to a hotel located across the street. The suggested route would also include a AU$3 bridge toll. Any query for driving directions from areas east, south or west of Google’s headquarters will suggest the same detour across the harbor, using a toll tunnel or bridge. […]

]]> http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/#comment-43558 Agylen » The Scoble Effect Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:39:09 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/01/10/travel-directions-according-to-msn/#comment-43558 [...] Nice. Now if only I could get such inbound links to content more interesting than making fun of Microsoft, that would be great . [...] […] Nice. Now if only I could get such inbound links to content more interesting than making fun of Microsoft, that would be great . […]

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