Google Maps is quickly becoming the go-to way to get around. iPhone users already use the application to receive GPS driving and walking directions, and the implementation of Google Latitude makes your every move publicly visible.
There are a number of other Google Maps discoveries that are a little less mainstream. How about roof advertising especially designed for Google Maps users? Or gathering a group of friends and enacting a series of silly scenarios to be immortalized on Google Maps’ Street View feature?
Click through the cluster below to see some other odd things you can do with Google Maps.
18 Unusual Tasks You Can Perform With Google Maps
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Super Close Google Maps
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Google Street View
Take a Virtual Trip
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Googling for Drugs
Pot Locator Using Google Maps for Weed
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Unexpected Virtual Sightseeing
Bizarre Scenarios Captured by Google Maps Street View
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Google Maps for Mobile
Cell Phone Knows Where You Are
13
Neighboroo
Google Maps by Income, Politics, Crime Rate, Ethnicity, etc.
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Peeping Google
Street View Invades Privacy
11
Bringing Refugee Camps Into Focus
Google Earth Maps Refugee Crises
10
Using Google Maps for Evil
Spotting Empty Pools for Trespassing
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Google Street View of Tour de France
Virtual Cycling Tours
8
Gmaps Pedometer
Let Google Track Your Run
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Satellite Sea Bottoms
Google Earth Now Shows The Ocean Floor on Bathymetric Maps
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Google Maps to Share Horror Stories
"Sod Abroad" Promotion
5
Amazon Kindle Hacked
Photo Viewer, Game, Google Maps Location Finder Revealed
4
GPS on iPhone
Google Maps and Open Source Coming Soon
3
Country-Wide Interactive Online Exploration
Google Street View Released for U.S.
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Mobile Interactive Maps
Google Earth for iPhone
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Google 411 Now Has Maps
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