Gothamist: Google's Googly Map Mistake

GOP

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:48:41 -0500

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jaycjay

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:22:45 -0500

"First step -- lose the bloody "M"s -- we call it a subway here, not a metro!" In fact, for the Paris Metro they use a different 'M' icon, styled to look like that system's actual logo. They also use different icons for several other systems -- London and Berlin being two examples. Most likely over time the generic M icons will be replaced for more and more systems.

chubbyemu

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:22:30 -0500

The subway station is actually called "Grand Central Station" while the train station above is "Grand Central Terminal." Fact.

Jen Chung

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:11:33 -0500

@BQE -- you can compare Gothamist to Google ANY DAY.

BQE

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:08:09 -0500

Wow, I can't believe that Gothamist (and Jen Chung, of all people) is making fund of someone else's typo. Pot calling the kettle black, folks.

Brooklynbobby

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:01:24 -0500

You all need to get lives!!!

fakenewyorker

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:53:49 -0500

while we're at it, it's not grand central station, it's grand central terminal

yg

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:52:33 -0500

This is Google Maps Adbeta. The bugs will be worked out before the final release.

cucarachita

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:02:06 -0500

Please. People can't read maps anyway. And not because there's anything wrong with the maps! But because people are lazy and would rather hold the map while asking some busy New Yorker to read it for them, instead of learning to read a map and fending for themselves. I'd have pity if they wore badges that said, "I suffer from a medical condition that prevents me from being able to read a map properly." Being a New Yorker who knows the subway system like the back of my hand after making plenty of mistakes at the beginning, I admit I am filled with glee at such misleading mistakes. Sorry! I can't help it. You learn from getting lost. My question to all the frantic people asking for directions and not believing me when I tell them (can you believe that? they say, are you sure? maybe I need that train instead, to which I say, go ahead, take that train then!), is "how lost can you get, anyway? it's not like anyone will die on the dark side of the moon as the result of this error...

zodak

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:36:59 -0500

i'll go to these guys when i want subway info, they link to 2 different maps.

pigg2121

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:30:55 -0500

Yay! My first time commenting, and I get quoted! Thanks, Gothamist. I have never been more famous than I am right now.

r1b2

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:27:35 -0500

There are actually folks who read these things on the train? I didn't think people read billboards.

Wza

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:15:37 -0500

Great Googly Moogly! That's what happens you when you get out of town folks handling local stuff. ...and I agree with GOP, ever since the election people keep using the word "vet", supwitdat?

MidC Frank

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:56 -0500

First step -- lose the bloody "M"s -- we call it a subway here, not a metro! (Of course, they're so stupid they make the T in Boston with M's -- yeesh!)

Jen Chung

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:01:41 -0500

Also, the subway stop at Madison Square Garden is 34th Street! 33rd Street is East Side.

Think twice

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:59:09 -0500

Epic fail.

GOP

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:56:26 -0500

Ever since the election people have been overusing the word "vet." Google can do no wrong.