Google Treasure Maps
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Correct, go to Google Maps and hover over the satellite option, you should see a treasure option appear.
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Google maps, for me and I think for vast numbers of users, has always been a zero-bullshit application to use when you need to quickly find specific location or directions, where _pertinent_ information is displayed and "frills" stay tucked behind menu selections.
Even a small amount of cruft degrades the user experience. I don't need stupid ass April Fool's day pranks from Google. It is not cute and I am not amused. Corporations suck at humor anyway.
Even more disturbing is that somebody at Google dreamed this up, and got together a team of engineers to crank this out. And at what cost in labour? 100's of thousands? Don't they have better things to do?
It's an advert to recruit staff. Google wants good staff; that costs money; a good way to attract some staff is to show fun neat projects.
What does it recruit for? People who have a bad sense of humor?
... and yes, I am still bitter about google reader.
It's April Fucking Fools.