Fun with Google Maps…

Posted by Laura Bergells

April 24, 2007

Lee at Connect2Agent (my favorite online real estate directory) points me to a new-ish feature at Google Maps.

It’s the little “Traffic” button that you see on the left, and I love it! Lee tells me it has been up for months — I have no idea why I didn’t notice it.

Touch the “Traffic” Button, and you’ll see red, yellow, and green indicators light up on the map — which tell you where traffic jam ups are happening so that you can avoid them (avoid the red, yellow is suspect, and green is fine.)

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I showed this to Greg, my favorite limo driver at All American Limo, and he loves this feature, too — although he notes it only works in more populated areas.

For even more fun with Google Maps, Greg asked me to type in directions from New York to Paris — and then scroll to number 24, where we see this amusing command:

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