{"id":3116,"date":"2012-12-16T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T11:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2012-12-28T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:59:39","slug":"boston-to-amherst-523-hours-across-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2012\/12\/16\/boston-to-amherst-523-hours-across-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston to Amherst: 523 hours, across the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

I asked Google Maps how long it would take to get from Boston to Amherst, MA (actual distance: ~90 miles almost due West, under 2 hours by car.) The answer:<\/p>\n

Suggested route:
\nI-90 E<\/big> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 19,456 mi, 523 hours<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n

Driving directions to Amherst, MA, USA<\/big>
\nThis route has tolls.
\nThis route includes a car transport.
\nThis route includes a ferry.
\nThis route may have road closures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The “E<\/strong>” in “I-90 E” was the first indication that something was wrong. Then I digested the distance and time… and scrolled down a few pages. Now any route planning that takes you literally more than halfway \\<\/strong> around the world had better take in some amazing sights along the way. Luckily, this was the case.<\/p>\n

The map knew where I was heading, but decided I started in Boston, Lincolnshire<\/a> in the UK. And then decided I would want to travel the long way round: West. Of course that lets me take in Hong Kong, Hawai’i, and California… maybe worth the 3 weeks of transit. \u00a0Let’s take a look:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The route straight across southern Russia looks interesting. \u00a0Also the curving route through China to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

329<\/strong>. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean<\/strong>
\n330<\/strong>. Continue straight
\n331<\/strong>. Slight left onto \u770c\u9053350\u53f7\u7dda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now we’re talking! \u00a0Apparently you can jet ski straight from HK to Japan… \u00a0maybe your car can use the teleporter. \u00a0Don’t miss the slight left<\/strong> just past the big landmass.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

389<\/strong>. Sail across the Pacific Ocean<\/strong>
\n390<\/strong>. Turn right onto Kalakaua Ave<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note it took 60 directions just to cut across Japan before getting back into the ocean… welcome to Hawai’i! \u00a0From here the rest was pretty straightforward: Sail across the Pacific once more, then drive across the US, picking up I-90<\/strong> (remember that?) soon after making the mainland. \u00a0All in all, an enlightening trip and look into the heart of the route-finder. \u00a0Which clearly has good taste in beaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I asked Google Maps how long it would take to get from Boston to Amherst, MA (actual distance: ~90 miles almost due West, under 2 hours by car.) The answer: Suggested route: I-90 E \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 19,456 mi, 523 hours Driving directions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[207,211,212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indescribable","category-international","category-null"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iVvB-Og","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3170,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}