Crickets Chirping

Here’s a well worn path:

A homeless shelter, a liquor store and a police station, all within a block of eachother. I was walking back to my car after getting my SXSWi badge, thinking about design and usability, and what a great example to pass on the way. They must have been thinking ahead when they put these three services in such close vicinity to eachother.

I don’t think GMaps has rendered the shortest path between these points though, and that reminds me: Google Maps ain’t so great for walking directions- the direction of traffic doesn’t matter so the stumbling drunk doesn’t need to make that many turns.

Hm. Maybe GMaps took the particular destinations into account, and drew the most common series of turns taken by those who go from homeless shelter to liquor store to jail.