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Aug 09, 2018

Google Maps Now Includes Water Taxis As A ‘Public Transit’ Option

As long as the Potomac lies between Point A and Point B.

May 12, 2015

Turn D.C. Into A Lego Play Land On Google Maps

What else are you doing with your afternoon?

Apr 29, 2013

How the Special Election Candidates Did By Precinct

Though voter turnout in last Tuesday’s special election for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council was comically—almost historically—low, how those sporadic voters split is still worth examining.

Mar 27, 2013

Metro Alerts Now Visible in Google Maps

Metro customers who encounter delays can find better routes on Google Maps, which now includes realtime service advisories from WMATA.

Jun 20, 2012

Google Fixes Map Error That Gave Part of Arlington to D.C.

Damn! Google has corrected an error in its maps that listed a small section of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as being in D.C. instead of Arlington.

Apr 18, 2012

Extra! Extra! Brave D.C. Residents Establish Beachhead in Virginia; Move to Reclaim Arlington County Pondered. (Or Something Like That.)

Did D.C. just claim a small chunk of Arlington County? Sure, if you believe Google maps. And we do, so let’s welcome Arlington, D.C. to the city!

Mar 27, 2011

The Sunday Morning Post

Photo by Dwood Photography. Good morning, Washington. No, your blurry eyes from last night’s drinking are not deceived, there is a small dusting of snow on the ground. It’s mostly sticking to rooftops of buildings and cars from my vantage point in the District, but southern and western suburbs have gotten up to an inch or two. Seems like the sun today will melt most of it. >> Yesterday, Vince Gray signed an executive…

Mar 10, 2010

Google Maps Adds Bicycle Directions

Google today unveiled its long-awaited bicycle directions feature for Google Maps. To access Google’s suggested bike routes, choose “Bicycling” from the pull-down menu in your directions results. Google says the tool prioritizes bike trails and bike lanes, while avoiding steep hills and busy intersections. Mapping results also offer a layer of designated bike trails and lanes, shown in green. Here’s just one example of bicycle directions results vs. driving results for the same trip via…

Nov 04, 2008

Google Street View Comes to D.C.

View Larger Map Finally. We’ve been talking about it for over a year, but Google has just launched the Street View feature for D.C. and some surrounding areas (We Love DC had this earlier). The feature, part of Google Maps, lets users see 360 degrees along streets — that means buildings, people, parks, and sometimes shenanigans (at least in other cities). Nearly every D.C. street is captured, with the exception of Pennsylvania Avenue and E…

Jul 16, 2007

Go Home Already: Screen on the Green

>> We tragically forgot to mention in About Tonight that all left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers will gather on the Mall for Screen on the Green’s first showing of the summer, Annie Hall. The movie starts just after sunset on the screen between 4th and 7th, NW. Bring an umbrella and/or a Faraday cage, as the thunderstorm watch goes until 9 p.m., but the screening is more or less rain or shine, unless lightning…

 
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