Google Moves City Hall

By Brett on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 11:09am

(Google Maps has a history of getting landmarks in Boston wrong. A year or two ago, they had Kendall Station about 2 blocks east of its real location.)

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Appropriate

By Kaz on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 11:16am.

I think it's appropriate that it's pointing at the Dunkin' Donuts.

I never noticed City Hall had such a "bottomless pit" motif running through the center of it when viewed from above...that's also pretty appropriate.

That's to confuse the terrorists

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 11:20am.

Them and the hoards of students looking for parking permits.

When Google is wrong, it's very wrong

By cwilbur on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:07pm.

Google Maps also thinks you can take a left turn from Somerville Ave onto Mass Ave in Porter Square.

How about a U turn?

By Eighthman on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:59pm.

A few weeks ago, Maps directed me outbound on Route 2 in Cambridge to keep right at Alewife and then make a U turn just past the intersection. Fun!

Yikes

By Slimbru on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 1:15pm.

Try entering "City Hall, Boston" in the search box for Googlemaps.com.

They moved it about 4 miles south to Grove Hall in Roxbury.