The Shamrock K Horse Center in the small town of Coffeeville, Kansas, has an interesting distinction: it's the centre of the world, according to Google. Well, it's where you arrive if you go to Google Maps and see just how far in you can zoom. As Wired News reports:
The launch of Google Maps in February 2005, has helped put Coffeyville on the map. "We get e-mails from all over the world," said City Clerk Cindy Price. "People want to see how far they can zoom."
From its default setting, the site zooms in from a map of the United States down to 37.0625 latitude, -95.677068 longitude, a spot that's a muddy brown pixel on Google and a "fallow, weed-filled field" on foot, said Maggie Dew, a geocaching aficionado who trekked to the location earlier this month with her Garmin eTrex GPS receiver.
And Wired has Maggie Dew's photos to prove it....
Of course, now everyone is busy finding the GoogleCentre of everywhere, like, for example, Chicago or Boston.
The GoogleCenter of London is the junction where Abingdon Street runs into Parliament Square, between Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.
The GoogleCenter of the UK is between Tower Way and Charles Street in Crewe.
