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Towlie

(5,314 posts) Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:51 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

(768 posts)

1. Walt Whitman Bridge near Philly...

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 10:02 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.

FakeNoose

(32,527 posts)

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

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 10:49 AM

Jun 2018

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

rsdsharp

(9,120 posts)

3. Mamie Eisenhower was born in Boone, Iowa.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 10:50 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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