Google Maps Runs In Circles, Invaded From Space

Some funny Google Maps sightings in the last day or so:
First off, a bug in the directions system in Google Maps sent drivers into a tail-spin, with Google instructing them to make well over 200 u-turns. Yikes!
A screenshot of the first 28 steps in the process, courtesy of Kandarp:

Don’t worry, Google’s already fixed it, but I heard there was a major traffic incident in New Jersey yesterday involving 8,500 dizzy drivers. Just kidding, but I’m glad Google isn’t doing GPS car navigation just yet.
In the other story, participants to Foo Camp last fall were told by Google’s Chris DiBona that Google would be doing a flyover, and invited them to make large decorations that would be seen in Google Maps and Google Earth. Those involved made a giant Space Invaders tribute, as well as a “Cylon raider” from Battlestar Galactica (geeks forever!), as well as lying down […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg