A New Easter Egg In Google Maps: Travel By Loch Ness Monster
There is a new easter egg on Google Maps, one that gives you travel and transit directions by Loch Ness Monster. If you get directions from Fort Augustus to Urquhart Castle when in Google Maps, Google will show the option of traveling via Loch Ness Monster. You can try it yourself by clicking here or […]
Barry Schwartz on June 3, 2014 at 1:17 pm | Reading time: 1 minute
There is a new easter egg on Google Maps, one that gives you travel and transit directions by Loch Ness Monster.
If you get directions from Fort Augustus to Urquhart Castle when in Google Maps, Google will show the option of traveling via Loch Ness Monster. You can try it yourself by clicking here or by clicking on “Route Options” and then choose either “Fewer Transfers” or “Less Walking,” it’ll show Loch Ness Monster as a travel option.
The time of travel is estimated at 28 minutes.
Here is a picture of the Google Maps, notice the Loch Ness Monster icon and then the Egg icon:
Happy Travels!
For more easter eggs, see our big list of Google easter eggs story.
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.
In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
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In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.