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Towlie

(5,561 posts) Fri Jun 29, 2018, 07:51 AM Jun 2018

Google Maps Navigation told me to take exit 67 to M L King Blvd. Guess what the Google Girl said...

"Take exit 67, Mega Liter King Boulevard."

M L King Blvd

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Google Maps Navigation told me to take exit 67 to M L King Blvd. Guess what the Google Girl said... (Original Post) Towlie Jun 2018 OP

Walt Whitman Bridge near Philly... Louis1895 Jun 2018 #1

I think you can notify Google Maps and they'll correct it FakeNoose Jun 2018 #2

Mamie Eisenhower was born in Boone, Iowa. rsdsharp Jun 2018 #3

Louis1895

(779 posts)

1. Walt Whitman Bridge near Philly...

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 09:02 AM

Jun 2018

...was called West Whitman Bridge by my mapping app once. Took me a second to figure that out after a brief "Say what?" moment.

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FakeNoose

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2. I think you can notify Google Maps and they'll correct it

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 09:49 AM

Jun 2018

Not sure how to do that, but there must be an online notification ap.

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rsdsharp

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3. Mamie Eisenhower was born in Boone, Iowa.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 09:50 AM

Jun 2018

Her birth home still stands, and it is on Mamie Eisenhower Blvd. My Garmin GPS pronounces it her first name as Mommy, and I can't even approximate how it pronounces Eisenhower. It even manages to mangle Blvd.

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