Sunday, September 04, 2005

Google Earth Bug?

Why does a search on 'Perungalathur, India' take me to
Antartica in Google Earth!

Tambaram, India works fine.
Vandalur, India works fine.

Whazzup with Perungalathur, my Hometown !!

37 comments:

Krish said...
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Anonymous said...

There should be more blogs like yours out there.
Be sure to look at my credit card site.

Jeevan said...

Nice to see you back on blog, Venkitu Sir.

Jo said...

Good to see you back in blogging. :-) How was the work schedules?

ioiio said...

Maybe they have spellt it in a diff way

Anonymous said...

Welcome back, Narayanan..

Well, about Google goof-up, my take is that Perungalathur and Penguin both start with 'Pe' and they have n, g and u among their first 6 letters...

tt_giant said...

hmm.. i tried installing google earth.. but all i get is a black screen.

LOL, GP.

Narayanan: Welcome back!!

Cogito said...

Did they relocate it there ?:-) Btw, my cousins live in Perungalathur ...

Venky Krishnamoorthy said...

Narayanan, You should send it to the google maps team

Siddharth said...

i have searched for info on d actor dhanush and found something on danish cakes or something like that..lol!btw what is this h1bee by srikanth all abt?

KRTY said...

welcome back venkittu sir. Hope the trip was successful as you have hoped.

it is going to take time, for the complete updation of google earth.
I wish, the google Hybrid maps also work for chennai. that will be wholly helpful for driving.

Ganesh said...

welcome back perungalathuray

Visithra said...

welcome back :)) nengehelum freeyum angenthu vandhadal antartic ku relocate pahnitangeh ;p hehehehe

Ram C said...

welcome back...

it seems, they wanted to present a cool environment for your hometown.... :-) :-)

monu said...

the mention of perungalathur, vandalur and tambaram brings back memories of college...i studied in crescent!
:)

speeling seriyaa adichu search pannineengalaa???
:))

Chakra said...

Great to see you back.

May be there is a Perungalathur in Antartica.. but how cud we explain the "India" part of it.

Ram Viswanathan said...

Narayanan

Welcome back..

Anonymous said...

Sir,

Welcome back..'Athippatti' maadhiri edaachum nadandhuduchaa? appuram neenga dhaan 'Citizen' maadhiri edhaachum seiyanum ;))

Anonymous said...

'இது சும்மா எல்லாரையும் 'பெருங்களத்தூர்,இந்தியா' ட்ரை பண்ண வைக்கிற ஐடியாதானே!!'

Chez said...

LOL... some best places is better be unknown to the world.!

Anonymous said...

I tried alwarpet too..its not coming..mylapore is there mambalam is there but alwarpet is not there... GOOGLE sathi panniduthu...also during my recent trip I took the directions from google it showed me a closed exit and I had a hard time finding my way out....

Kavya

Vinesh said...

Semma comedy! LOLOLOL!!! ;-D

Just like Salem in USA, maybe there is a Perungalathur in Antarctica, LOLOL!

Anonymous said...

hey Naani mon, who you asking ?

Google will never bother to even acknowledge that you exist :-)if you raise this query with them.

Prakash said...

Hi
Welcome back....although i did not expect u with this one.......
I tried one of my town in sri lnka and it takes me to South Africa.....
Only god knows why....
Prakash

Anonymous said...

HAHAHAHA Funny. And nice to see you back

Krish said...

Ji, when I Googled for images on Perungalaththur, there was just a solitary pic and it was about the traffic jam over there in a reference in THE HINDU (www.hindu.com/thehindu/gallery/0115/011506.htm) :-)

Phoenix said...

Sir unge oore map le irunthu thookitaange..please contact CITIZEN Ajit..he also had the same problem sometime back :-P

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Jeevan Thank you Sir.
JO Thank you , still very tough.
ioiio I tried all combinations, no luck.!
GP LOL.!!! nice analysis.
TTG I am better off looks like.!!! Atleast I get to see Antartica.!!
COGITO Is it? Where do they live? We've been in Perungalathur since 1962.!
VENKY I am trying to get hold of someone at Google.!
Siddharth Srikanth is a talented composer, H1BEE is his latest album. Check it out.! its good.
Keerthi Thank you, trip was good, but too hectic.!! I feel the same ways. They'll probably update.
GV Research Scholars like me.!!! LOL :), I wish, I had brains for research.
Ganesh Nandri saare.!
Visithra Thank you, LOL :)
RAMC Thank you, Might be.!! LOL :-)
Monu Tried all combinations.!! Good to know that you studied in Cresent.!!
Chakra Thank you Sir.! Umm....might be.!! Who knows.!!
Ram Visu. Thank you Sir.
Sundaresan Onnum puriyalai..Eppidi Antarticakku pochunnu.!!! 'Citizen' madhiri Google contac panren.!
Sankar Kumar Thanks for stopping by.......I am not joking...seriously.!!
Anonymous Yeah, I tried Besant nagar last night....no luck.!!
Vinesh Yeah, who knows.!!! I am contacting my Travel agent to see if it is a tourist spot.!!!
Reflex ROTFL :-). semma thaththuvam.!!!
Gangadhar A Thank you Sir.
Don I know.!! Did you get an answer from Google.!! My contacts haven't helped so far.!!
Kary Thank you Sir.
Prakash Thank you. Maybe Google will update it.!! Let's wait.!
Wicked Angel Thank you.
Phoenix Number please ( Ajit?)

Anonymous said...

off topic.

Narayanan, can you tell me how to reach Manimangalam from Tambaram. I remember you have said abt that once in the comments section of my blog.

Unknown said...

Ha ha :) should be called Google (D)earth

Jeevan said...

you have been tagged venkitu Sir
see my blog.

IBH said...

:) enna solradhu...ana perungalathur engayo poiruchu sir ;)

The Doodler said...

Welcome back, Venkitu sir! :) Google Earth doesn't have enough resolution even on Chennai..so I highly doubt it is going to find anything like Perungalathur..:)

KRTY said...

Venkittu Sir, iam sorry .. but you are tagged by me. :)

Gnana Kirukan said...

Keerthi - narayanan sir-ai yavathu vitu vainga pa :))

Jeevan said...

waithing for a new post.

Subbu said...

Enna sir google mela kovathula..Friday Photo-Focus kanom???

-Subbu