Fail Maps

Here’s a great funny blog all about Google Maps Fails I love it!

Not suprisingly, this institution FAILs due to their innate evilness. They blocked this site from doing a cool thing with their maps.

You can read more  info here from Gavin’s Blog.

(from Mapperz)

UPDATE:
Gavin writes in the comments that the site is back up. Woo.

BBC Weather Map Heatwave Fail.

Thanks to Mapperz for this classic.

Streetview captures or is captured by something….

(Screenshot for those without javascript)

The comments on Reddit are great:

I felt so alone looking around inside of it.. I’m scared hold me.

From http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-06-n21.html

The guardian put Where’s The Path? in the top 100 websites. As a result, more than a few people visit it, incurring the “absurd” tile number restrictions that non-commercial OpenSpace users will come across.

Wheres the path, wheres the sense with the OS

This poor fella only lived down the road from his local store, but the route suggested a more scenic way.

from:

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/McDialup.aspx

from : http://www.thedossingtimes.com/blog/2008/08/08/rte-get-the-wrong-georgia/

I’m sure there’s some other great examples of this particular fail map…let me know if you find a good un.

See how long it takes for you to paddle across it now!

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=26.894433~-80.064674&style=h&lvl=18&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=17739569&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1