Things you wonder about on Google Maps

[AreaCode707]

Mine: Little Penny, CA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=...2483,0.005686&t=h&z=18

Not only have I never heard of this place despite having lived in and obsessively researched the county, it completely fails to have any buildings or even any cleared land. WTF?

Lat-Long.com clearly got it wrong, since it's marked as a "populated place" in Mendocino County.

http://www.lat-long.com/Latitu...rnia-Little_Penny.html

What have you come across on Google Maps or Google Earth that just made you wonder?

 

[MoPHo]

The government will be arriving at your house in 3, 2...

Edit: Thread jacked. BAM!

 

[tasmanian]

Hobos are people to.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
Hobos are people to.

Few hobos would want to wander out there; it'd be a trek through uninhabited forest, mostly oak trees and cougars. Though I'm sure there are some meth labs/pot farms on the way.

 

[MoPHo]

WTH? Where'd my post (and thread jacking, ftm) go...

Anyways, Government will be arriving at your house in 3, 2...

Edit: Wtf...?

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
WTH? Where'd my post (and thread jacking, ftm) go...

Anyways, Government will be arriving at your house in 3, 2...

Edit: Wtf...?

That was weird.

 

[MoPHo]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: MoPHo
WTH? Where'd my post (and thread jacking, ftm) go...

Anyways, Government will be arriving at your house in 3, 2...

Edit: Wtf...?

That was weird.

Tell me about it, I thread jack, then my post disappears. Then I re-post. My original shows up after my re-post and then everything gets moved to where it is now...

Mods have it out for me!

 

[paulney]

What I wonder about Google Maps the most, is why the fuck they still do not have 'My addresses', even though they have everything in iGoogle from Calendar to ReadMyBrainMightyGoogle widget. Why am I supposed to remember exact addresses and type them every time I need directions? Google's attitude of 'if we don't have it - you don't need it' pisses me off.

 

[compman25]

Looks to be close to Hendy Woods

 

[IronWing]

Little Penny, CA

 

[IronWing]

Given the road network, my guess is that Little Penney was a very minor lumber camp or landing way back when.

 

[sonambulo]

Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Not only have I never heard of this place despite having lived in and obsessively researched the county, it completely fails to have any buildings or even any cleared land. WTF?

Sounds like a perfect location to build an ATOT fortress/secret lair

 

[l0cke]

Send a letter there, see who gets it.

 

[erub]

The city of "Spear, TX" which sits on the corner of Texas A&M's campus completely surrounded by College Station

Link

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: erub
The city of "Spear, TX" which sits on the corner of Texas A&M's campus completely surrounded by College Station

Link

Given the street it is on maybe they meant spear as in "big prick".

 

[Duddy]

Ever scan around unknown areas in Google Maps hoping that you'll find something neat or secret? Like maybe a secret government facility in the middle of nowhere.

Tell me I'm not the only one.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: erub
The city of "Spear, TX" which sits on the corner of Texas A&M's campus completely surrounded by College Station

Link

Given the street it is on maybe they meant spear as in "big prick".

lol

:beer:

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Duddy
Ever scan around unknown areas in Google Maps hoping that you'll find something neat or secret? Like maybe a secret government facility in the middle of nowhere.

Tell me I'm not the only one.

i try to find all the street-side crack deals.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: paulney
What I wonder about Google Maps the most, is why the fuck they still do not have 'My addresses', even though they have everything in iGoogle from Calendar to ReadMyBrainMightyGoogle widget. Why am I supposed to remember exact addresses and type them every time I need directions? Google's attitude of 'if we don't have it - you don't need it' pisses me off.

If you start typing an address you've searched for previously, it should suggest the complete version to you. You can even edit the list of possible suggestions.