Google is basically putting the canal network of England and Wales on the map, and people will be able to put in a route and if it's appropriate to go by canal, they would go by canal," he said.
BBC News - Google Maps adds England and Wales's waterways to travel routes
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To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game!
My other operating system is Slackware
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Snooz
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Five minutes after it's implemented.
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Clodhopper
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I'm claiming it's already happened, even before the canal network has been added:
"In two hundred metres turn left."
"Hmm. This doesn't quite feel like 200 metres, but it looks like the turning..."
Splosh!
"In two hundred metres turn left."
"Hmm. This doesn't quite feel like 200 metres, but it looks like the turning..."
Splosh!
The crowd: "Yes! We are all individuals!"
Lone voice: "I'm not."
Lone voice: "I'm not."