“Swim across the Atlantic Ocean – 3,462mi”: Google

from: New York, NY, United States of America to: London – Google Maps

Oh, I know it’s doing the rounds of the web, and it’s also probably a cunning joke by those oh-so-funny folk at Google, but it is rather charming literal response to a mapping question.

The big, unanswered question, however, is why the landfall in France?

This isn’t just an anti-London/UK dig since the routes to Dublin and Cardiff also hit France first… Maybe a love of tunnels by the Map Bot? We should be told!

The following posts may be related:

1. Google the moon ;) Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites How much fun is...
2. Annotating the Planet – Jon Udell: A Google Maps walking tour of Keene, NH This is a rather fetching screencast from Jon Udell...
3. “Le Google” gets a Latin name… EUobserver.com covers Chirac's pledge "to compete with Google". Dubbed "Quaero"...
4. Google Talk and Jabber Google Talk | MacMegasite Google's new service, 'Talk' made a...
5. Pipes: Rewire the web I've always loved both the notion of "piping" and...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.