google maps
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Here’s A Fun Little Google Maps Easter Egg
Briefly: Ask for directions from Snowdon to the Brecon Beacons in Wales, and it will estimate travel time by car, bus, foot, plane, bicycle or… dragon! The journey takes 21 minutes by the country’s national emblem apparently, compared to 3 hours 20 minutes by car. [The Next Web]
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Google Maps Stays Neutral By Only Showing Your Side In Border Disputes
Border disputes are still going on in a bunch of places around the world. That makes life difficult for mapmakers, and especially difficult for the world’s favourite online map service, Google Maps. As The Washington Post points out, Google strives to not get stuck in the middle of a territorial struggle, by showing you the…
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This Is What It Sounds Like To Intercept FBI And Secret Service Calls
Just yesterday, we posted about Bryan Seely, a man willing to speak about the copious manipulation of Google Maps that’s seriously affecting small businesses. Seely had since spoken about a more dire vulnerability in Google Maps, which allowed him to tap calls to the FBI and Secret Service. Turns out, the FBI and Secret Service…
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It’s Ridiculously Easy To Troll Google Maps With Fake Listings
Trust the listings you find on Google Maps? You shouldn’t, because it’s easy to fake them. That’s what Google Maps exploiter Bryan Seely demonstrated for me this morning. And while trolling politicians with dick jokes is never not funny, there’s also a whole sub-community of scammers turning Google Map’s little bugs into cold, hard cash.