Leprechaun on Google Maps
Maps March 16th, 2008 - By Haochi
Google Maps had already replaced the yellow person icon in Google Street View with a leprechain to celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day.
In Irish mythology, a leprechaun is a type of male faerie said to inhabit the island of Ireland. [...] They usually take the form of old men who enjoy partaking in mischief. Their trade is that of a cobbler or shoemaker. [Wikipedia]
So do I need to wear green tomorrow (in order to avoid the possibility of getting pinched) even though the holiday has been observed on the 15th?
[via Google Maps Mania]
March 16th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Not in NZ they haven’t, eg
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-GB&q=Havana+Bar+loc:32+Wigan+Street+Wellington+New+Zealand&ie=UTF8&ll=-41.296012,174.775071&spn=0.005683,0.010042&z=17
Another example of the WORLD wide web not really being about all the world? I think location and particularly time often mean “USA” … which is about a day behind for us Kiwis ;-)
March 16th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Guess I should’ve said “Google Streetview” - there’s no GStreetView in NZ, yet.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Ah, that makes sense.
Not yet in NZ but the car had finished driving around the main centres so not long (possibly)