Re: Where does Google Maps say you are right now?

by Fangirl Three Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:02 am

I'm back to being in the sea due west of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, perhaps a little bit further from shore this time, 11 miles rather than the usual 10.

And only 140 miles from my true location.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:48 am

by cosmictanya Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:40 am

Fangirl Three wrote:I'm back to being in the sea due west of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, perhaps a little bit further from shore this time, 11 miles rather than the usual 10.

And only 140 miles from my true location.

That was a few hours ago. You must’ve reached the Isle of Man by now.

by Fangirl Three Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:55 am

Change of scene today - an access lane between some houses on an estate off the Leeds ring road, on the Bradford side.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:04 am

I'm still in KFC. bawl

by Fangirl Three Fri Aug 04, 2023 6:40 am

Fangirl Three wrote:Currently GM has me in the right town, but in a grubby communal parking area on an estate on the other side of town where I've never been, about 2 miles from my actual location at my parents' house.

I'm there again apparently.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:05 am

by Fangirl Three Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:59 am

Today I'm a little closer to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, about 9 miles offshore.

And about 90 from where I actually am.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Aug 13, 2023 9:26 am

Fangirl Three wrote:Today I'm a little closer to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

by Fangirl Three Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:14 pm

A new departure - GM has me 1200 metres offshore from a little seaside village called Shandwick, itself in the middle of nowhere NE of Inverness.

I certainly prefer it to my usual location, bobbing up and down 10 miles off Blackpool.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:37 pm

I am in Tunstall in the Birminghamshire region. happy

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:40 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I am in Tunstall in the Birminghamshire region.

Where does Google Maps say you are right now? - Page 7 Scree697

by Fangirl Three Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:55 am

Yes, I would regard that as 'Potteries' or 'that horrible crowded bit of the M6 where you can only go 60'.

by Butterfield Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:15 pm

I think Robbie Williams is from Tunstall.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:18 pm

And K.T. Tunstall isn't.

by Fangirl Three Mon Oct 09, 2023 2:46 pm

What about Tracey Tunstall, the alpha F*t Sl*g from Viz 20 years ago.

by Fangirl Three Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:11 am

New departure for GM, it thinks I'm in this back road in Manchester, just behind the Central Arena Travelodge.

That's about 15 miles from where I actually am.

by Fangirl Three Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:59 am

Google Maps has identified my location to within 1300m!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:16 am

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:21 am

Does anyone know if there's a way to determine compass points on Google Maps? That is, for example, if I wanted to know which direction Burnley is in, from Dover, would one be able to do it?

For instance, I'd be able to look at it and go, "Oh, Burnley is 38 degrees north north west of Dover."

I've searched all through the various settings but I can't find anything that relates to compass points.

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