Pac-Man Troy

posted Apr 1, 2015
pac-man Google Maps Troy

Many decades from now your grandchildren will probably ask, "Grandma/grandpa, tell me about the early 21st century."

To which you'll say, "It was an odd time. One of the greatest artificial intelligence/information companies in the world allowed us to turn maps of local places into an ancient game called Pac-Man."

And it would be true.

As you might have seen, Google's April 1 fun thing this year is a feature that allows you to use Google Maps to play local streets as a game of Pac-Man. It turns out downtown Troy (screenshot above) works pretty well.

Added later: The one for the Union College area is fun.

(Thanks, Duncan)

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Just got this tip from Anasha. RPI Campus is crazy on Google Maps PAC-MAN:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7302494,-73.6815161,18z/data=!1e3

... said Duncan Crary on Apr 1, 2015 at 5:23 PM | link

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