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Chetan3
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 Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject: A funny thing happened while editin Nautilus on Google Maps |
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So I've been doing some major Google Map contribution of late. And one aquarium related change I did was to make the location of Nautilus Aquarium visible.
I remember 6 months back I was trying to locate Nautilus via google maps on my android phone - and I ended up wandering in Hill Road, Bandra searching for it (while the shop is in S V Road, Bandra btw).
Anyway after making the corrections I made the settings to make the shop appear by default in the map and I finally saw the finished result...
And I had a great laugh! 
The store is visible alright, but a particular map feature next to it steals the thunder completely.
Check it out!  ... Google Maps - S V Road, Bandra
P.S. I'm already underway getting the (ahem!) business listing removed from the maps. So here's a pic of it ... Google Map Screenshot
Hope you have a good laugh as well. cheers!
edit: smudged out certain bit in the jpg |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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| wahahahha! EPIC!! =)) |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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being a member for about 5 years in wikimapia, i came across too many controversial things. never did highlighted 1
Not so funny!!
under 18 might be watching this forum, better delete the thread right now!! |
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Chetan3
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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| vk_8e wrote (View Post):
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Not so funny!!
under 18 might be watching this forum, better delete the thread right now!!
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take a chill pill dude. all the links are external, so no legal issue. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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its aint XXXXXX legal!! ever heard of MORALs ??
Abusing language on the forum not allowed. WARNING FOR NOW!! - Moderator |
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Chetan3
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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| vk_8e wrote (View Post):
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its aint XXXXXX legal!! ever heard of MORALs ??
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Hmmm now this is a situation you don't come across everyday ... a person blatantly breaking the official board rules by using banned abusive vocabulary while telling others to follow his subjective moral viewpoint.
The irony is hilarious ... thank you for giving us a second good laugh in this post! You rock!  |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:16 am Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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you won!! 
show and explain this thread to your kids what you have conquered today  |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:53 am Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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| vk_8e: common yaar take it as a joke...... i dont think we have infants in this forum who will get spoiled by a screen shot of that location......and chetan dont worry guys searching for the other will finally come to see the shop;) |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:46 am Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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Hey Vk just because you don't have a sense of humor doesn't mean others shouldn't. So get a life son.
However what baffles me most is how ChetanM landed at hill road looking for what is arguably Bombay's most famous and easy to find LFS. Even hobbyists from other states know where Nautilus is. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:54 am Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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Chetan3
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: So a funny thing happened on Google Maps today ... |
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| jabba wrote (View Post):
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...and chetan dont worry guys searching for the other will finally come to see the shop;)
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Aha! yup I think the guys searching for it in that area will have no other choice but to visit Nautilus. Cos the other posting is just a randomly placed spam, there's no real place there. And seriously, spending 4000 bucks at Nautilus is way more awesome!
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However what baffles me most is how ChetanM landed at hill road looking for what is arguably Bombay's most famous and easy to find LFS. Even hobbyists from other states know where Nautilus is.
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Dude you have no idea. I had never been to Nautilus till then, only heard a lot about it (cos most of my aquarium needs are fulfilled by the shops in Borivali). So anyways I thought relying on google maps would be a better idea than simply calling up my friends. It showed me Hill Road, I went there, but couldn't find it. So I started asking shopkeepers around there for it. All of them were clueless (obviously), and one guy even directed me to a glass shop (thinking I wanted to get an aquarium made). I got such a major poppat that day  
But anyway don't think that problem will happen with any one else after the location fix.
However, imagine all the explaining if our wife/gf/mom sees us staring at the new map location on our screen ... 
"Accha toh tum macchli ke bahane asli mein yahan jate ho!"  !
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