Google Maps Marks 1-Ways in Parking Lots

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Navigating the University of Minnesota can be tricky for first-timers due to the name 1-way streets and intersections. Luckily, Google Maps marks the direction of each street.

But they also go one step further by marking the 1-way directions for each lane of the U of MN's parking lots:

Seems a little excessive to me.

Someone really needs to check Google Earth to see if they're doing level by level guidance for parking ramps.

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1. Posted by: Jeff Deitch on February 16, 2008 12:43 PM:

The funny thing is most of those parking lots don't exist anymore. That's where the new Gopher football stadium is being built.

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