tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post571302820034407816..comments2023-10-29T10:53:10.261-05:00Comments on Without Warning: The Long Way AroundTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05271481876760639141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post-7126150166663991372008-09-18T10:18:00.000-05:002008-09-18T10:18:00.000-05:00the "while we're out" map or "It's on the way" map...the "while we're out" map or "It's on the way" map...<BR/><BR/>distance from my house to the local store = 2.0 miles<BR/><BR/>Distance from my house to the local store (including the "While we're out" stops = 544 miles...<BR/><BR/>I hate to think what that calculates to.... does this happen to anyone else?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post-8790182230609007252008-09-15T20:48:00.000-05:002008-09-15T20:48:00.000-05:00Today's maps are generally better but when they 1s...Today's maps are generally better but when they 1st came out I'd find weird problems. I typed in my home address and up came a map with my street surround by streets I didn't recognize. I backed out a little and saw I was in Waltham 20 miles from my address. I went back and checked my search and sure enough I had my town and zip code listed. I tried different neighbors addresses and they were fine. For some reason just our address got teleported to a totally new place. It would be real interesting for someone to try to find us who didn't know this quirk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post-64645225110880420542008-09-15T19:13:00.000-05:002008-09-15T19:13:00.000-05:00Remember, you can't get theya from here...Remember, you can't get theya from here...katalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11006206065032149956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post-3262848778521369302008-09-12T19:43:00.000-05:002008-09-12T19:43:00.000-05:00I guess I was trying to get people interested in t...I guess I was trying to get people interested in trying to find similar routing problems. I just did it casually a few times to prime the pump, and the best I came up with at that time was 300%. However, I'm absolutely certain that figure can be beaten. Remember, it's not the distance, it's the percentage difference between the "crow flies" distance and the "driving" distance. <BR/><BR/>I went looking again, and beat my own score. First, the direct distance between Painesville, Ohio and St. Thomas, Ontario is a mere 3 1/8 miles across Lake Erie. But thanks to no ferry service, it's a 313 mile drive - a difference of 375%. But if you really want a painful drive, try Interlaken, NY to Atwater, NY. The distance across Cayuga lake is only 1 3/8 miles, but you have to drive 36 miles around the lake for a whopping difference of 818%!<BR/><BR/>I know that figure can be beaten, so if you have some time on your hands, see what you can do. I haven't even tried rivers, which are much narrower than lakes, so should yield larger percentages - unless they have bridges, which they do.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271481876760639141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post-3221942695135782762008-09-12T16:06:00.000-05:002008-09-12T16:06:00.000-05:00Tim,I think your 300% limit, may be more related t...Tim,<BR/><BR/>I think your 300% limit, may be more related to scale than the actual circuitous routes. Vergennes,VT and Westport, NY are on opposite sides of a very narrow section of Lake Champlain. It's only about a mile across the water, maybe 1.25 to actual roads you can drive on, but the google route is 36.2 miles around the southern end of the lake, or at least to a point where it's narrow enough to put a bridge across. That calculates to around 3000% (unless one of us screwed up the math). If I go a little bit north, it routes me across using the ferry but I don't know if it counts the distance you ride on the boat, still 20x further. There are a number of places along the Hudson River that fall into the same category, in Downeast Maine I'm sure I can find a bunch, and I bet around Chesapeake Bay too. My real difficulty is with the greater than 100% approach; 3X as far is 300%, so accordingly 30X is 3000%. It may be mathematically correct but it seems funky. But maybe I missed the point.<BR/><BR/>Casual_Observer2 aka CO2<BR/>RDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287617338710926373.post-37286316453910283222008-09-11T11:19:00.000-05:002008-09-11T11:19:00.000-05:00I don't have the patience to beat it, but I do...I don't have the patience to beat it, but I do remember a funny thing they used to have. If you wanted to get to London from, say New Jersey, one of the steps would be for you to swim thousands of miles across the Atlantic. This is not a bug because the scripting clearly tells you to swim 3,000+ miles. Here is a link to a guy who documented it -- it no longer exists on the current google maps application. http://www.informationmadness.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=9Burton Meahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125365450819877192noreply@blogger.com