Poncing around in Paris with Google Maps

Just how good is Google Maps?

If you haven’t got it on your handset, pop over to http://www.google.com/gmm/ on your device and see if you can get it. I know it’s definitely available for most of the Nokias.

It rocks. It really does.

Have a look at this.

I was stuck in traffic trying to get to the George V hotel, so I thought I’d check out the route and see how far away I was.

This is my route:
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Here’s my end location:
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Then I remembed Google Maps does satellite ;-)
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It’s just brilliant, isn’t it?

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  • http://ringnokia.com Stefan Constantinescu

    I couldn’t agree with you more. It kicks smart2go in the nuts and then rips its heart out of its chest.

  • loopy

    Pray tell me Sir Ewan, what were you up to in Paris? ……………………….

    ;0)

  • ewan

    What was I doing in Paris? I was meeting with a company and a girl…

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