{"id":32203,"date":"2019-02-20T20:48:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T15:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=32203"},"modified":"2019-02-20T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T15:20:09","slug":"goa-banner-pointing-mistake-google-maps-goes-viral-google-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/office-humour\/goa-banner-pointing-mistake-google-maps-goes-viral-google-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Goa Banner Pointing Out Mistake In Google Maps Goes Viral, Google Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">When 21-st century technology doesn&#8217;t work quite as intended, people revert to good-old time-tested ways to remedy things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">A large banner proclaiming an incorrect route on Google Maps has been going viral over the Indian internet over the last few days. &#8220;You are fooled by Google Map,&#8221; declares the banner, which was hung near Baga beach in Goa. &#8220;This road don&#8217;t take you to Baga beach. Turn back and take a left turn, Baga is 1 km from here,&#8221; it advises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?resize=640%2C336\" alt=\"baga beach google maps banner\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?resize=500%2C263&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?resize=600%2C315&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/officechai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pjimage-68.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The image was shared and reshared by several users, all marveling both the impact Google Maps has on our daily lives, and the ingenious way someone had decided to fix it. Goa is visited by millions of tourists each year, all of whom seem to use Google Maps to get around, and many people said that they&#8217;d indeed seen the sign.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the way to Baga Beach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googlemaps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@googlemaps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesiMapofIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DesiMapofIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nhveJKSesi\">pic.twitter.com\/nhveJKSesi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Omega (@Python_Tweetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Python_Tweetz\/status\/1097510000107245568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hahaha. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googlemaps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@googlemaps<\/a> what&#39;s the route to Baga beach? \ud83d\ude00<br \/>Photo credits: masud. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0K2wK2TQD2\">pic.twitter.com\/0K2wK2TQD2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sumanth Raj Urs (@sumanthrajurs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sumanthrajurs\/status\/1096616365517987841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There can be a good movie named \u201cFooled by Google Maps\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; A (@anildigital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anildigital\/status\/1096659499635671041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">At this point, Google stepped in. &#8220;Thank you for pointing this to us. We, actually, already fixed this in 2017. Looks like the banner needs fixing now :D,&#8221; it tweeted back to the original poster. Google even decided to share a new Google maps search, which now showed a route that didn&#8217;t require users to pass through the\u00a0road with the banner.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@tweesumz thank you for pointing this to us.<br \/>We, actually, already fixed this in 2017. <br \/>Looks like the banner needs fixing now \ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i1gIr6arMc\">pic.twitter.com\/i1gIr6arMc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Google India (@GoogleIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoogleIndia\/status\/1097479218852708353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Some were impressed with Google&#8217;s response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/unnatip52891522\/status\/1097902870912004096<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">..while others started pointing out other locations where Google Maps doesn&#8217;t work quite as intended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/VNX09\/status\/1098029586187603968<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/VNX09\/status\/1097495379359068162<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">When you&#8217;re trying to set out to map the entire world, it&#8217;s a process that might\u00a0always seem to be a work in progress.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When 21-st century technology doesn&#8217;t work quite as intended, people revert to good-old time-tested ways to remedy things. 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