When Google lets you down
 
I rely on Google maps.  I’m not a GPS user, but a quick look at Google maps, or maybe some printed Google directions almost always gets me just where I need to be. Almost always.  Twice in the last two weeks, however, Google maps have failed me.  The first time they put a road where no road exists and that was the road they sent me down to get where I was going.  The second time was hardly Google’s fault.  It was one of those wonderful Bucks County things where the road numbers change from township to borough to township all in the same zip code and there are two #40s on the same road – no north or south, just the same road – within about a mile and half.  Google had a 50% chance of being right.  And a 50% chance of being wrong.  Continue Reading »