A Place Between Us.



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If you want to set up a meeting with a friend somewhere between where you both are, you can consult A Place Between Us. Enter your location, your friend’s location, and the type of place you want to meet. For example, if I were in Charleston and wanted to meet a New York friend for lunch, Gaithersburg, Maryland is about halfway between. This Google Map-based application suggested four restaurants in the area. Link -via the Presurfer


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Posted on May 16, 2007 at 6:22 am by Miss Cellania
Category: Travel & Places

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8 comments to "A Place Between Us."

  • Sid Morrison
    May 16th, 2007 at 7:56 am

    This is sweet. I wound up buying some wheels for my Saab from some guy on a Saab forum (hours away) and we had to guess at a shopping plaza to meet at partway. This would have been a nice help.

  • b
    May 16th, 2007 at 8:37 am

    eHarmony should buy this up

  • Rebecca
    May 16th, 2007 at 8:56 am

    This is cool! It’s a little buggy, though. I searched for a theater between Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA, and it’s #1 suggestion was “Theater, Augst, Switzerland.” As we’ve come to expect from Google maps, it suggested that we swim across the Atlantic Ocean to get there. Fun times!

  • Ruby on Rails guy
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:13 am

    coool

  • Chris
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:46 am

    Gaithersburg has few places I would consider for meeting someone after having driven 6+ hours unless the search criteria included only chain restaurants. Besides, Gaithersburg is much closer to NY than Charleston. When I searched those cities all the results were south of Richmond.

  • Aron
    May 16th, 2007 at 5:29 pm

    @Rebecca: The “theater” issue appears to be a problem with the results returned for some Google searches. We found a similar problem with “diner” queries. In that case, the search always came back with a Swansea, UK location!

    Maybe Google is trying to make us take vacations. :)

    If you run into any other problems like this, please let us know via the feedback link on http://a.placebetween.us/

    Aron

  • Jeff
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    Try starting out in NYC with a friend in Paris, France.

    Apparently we should meet for coffee in the middle of the Atlantic.

    Similarly, friends in Miami and Houston can meet somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Aeris
    May 17th, 2007 at 4:57 am

    Uh. I live in Germany, my friends live all in the UK, and i cant get any results “due to legal or contractual reasons”… :(

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