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The Google Maps Ms. Pac-Man feature is superimposed on top of maps, allowing the user to play the game anywhere. Above, Ms. Pac-Man is outside the WGBH offices in Boston.

We asked our staff about the craziest intersections in the world and then played Ms. Pac-Man in Google Maps

Culture

When Google rolled out its April Fools’ Day Ms. Pac-Man maps feature, we used the opportunity to look at some of the weirder places in the world to play the game.

Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.

Teju Cole considers why racism is not someone calling him the ‘N’ word

Arts
A Google Maps image of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Franciso.

Want to know if the mall is crowded? That’s just one of the promises of future maps

Technology
Ebola map

This nonprofit group is trying to make the world more equal — through mapping

Development

Google: The world’s most powerful cartographer

Environment
The World

An Island that Isn’t All There

Geo Quiz

We’re looking for the name of the sea that lies between Australia and New Caledonia…

Google Street View for the Amazon

A team from Google recently went to the Amazon to make a “street view” of the forest and river in Google Maps.