Google makes geography fun! Video game fun. Flying time fun. Shooting fish in a barrel of monkeys fun.
Never been to Beverly Hills? No problem. Now I know where Santa Monica Boulevard is, and what it looks like when the sun goes down over it.
That tangled knot of unalphabetized thoroughfarery that is the LES is a mystery no more. Your friends will marvel at your new found geographical knowledge and you’ll stand a chance stumbling home drunk down Ludlow Street.
I bet this could be a great teaching tool, too. Kids can learn practical geography: zip codes, states, streets, three-letter air port codes, etc. The problem is it’s 2-dimensional, so redneck kids from Kansas will only reinforce their flat-world misconceptions.
Just try and enjoy it before irrational reactionaries demand it be shut down because it gives to much information to terrorists. Never mind that pay services exist and are much more detailed.
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