rootbear75 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) Well... i was bored, so i entered major cities close to the four corners of the nationTakes 5 days, 6 hours of straight driving to make it.... (with tolls and no traffic) well... if you decide to take the scenic route, you're going to have to add an additional 3 days.... now in terms of gas used, i get about 300 miles per tank (highway), and about $30/tankso.... about 28.2 tanks of gas costing about $846.00thats for the highways... if i did the scenic route it would be 29.8467 tanks costing me just a little more at about $895.40now im using my car's highway mileage for this.. i suspect it would be a few more thanks on the scenic route... Edited February 15, 2008 by rootbear75
Samapico Posted February 15, 2008 Report Posted February 15, 2008 http://blogoscoped.com/files/google-maps-swim.png
rootbear75 Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Posted February 15, 2008 hmmm, i thought they fixed that... apparently not... cause i tried to do from DC to london, but it doesnt plot it anymore
Samapico Posted February 15, 2008 Report Posted February 15, 2008 It was an April's fool thing... It's not a bug lol. Read the instructions... 12. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean lol.
Samapico Posted February 15, 2008 Report Posted February 15, 2008 no... this screenshot isn't even by me. Since the swimming thing doesnt work anymore in googlemap, I googled some screenshots of it
»Blocks Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 You ever considering doing this? I certainly want to some time, though I'd probably want to make it a tour of North America, and take at least a couple months doing it. I did 3000 miles up and down the western coast of the US in 2006 with some friends (essential with the cost of gasoline). We took 11 days for it and saw a lot, but it was a breakneck pace. The four of us did the whole trip on ~$800 for everything, of which $335 was for gasoline. do you go to Kings College, Sama?What's your connection? o_o
»Purge Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 one of my friends studies at Kings College and stops by Cambridge time to time. she's there until June, though (studying abroad from USA).
»Blocks Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) one of my friends studies at Kings College and stops by Cambridge time to time. she's there until June, though (studying abroad from USA).Ah, that's cool. I was interested because I'm currently studying in Cambridge myself (not Kings College, but a stone's throw away). Edited February 16, 2008 by Blocks
»Purge Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 very nice. what is your concentration? I may also study somewhere in London or Australia in the next 2 years. not sure of the location yet, though.
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