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Google Maps Envelopes
by Jenni Chasteen
Does your mail man ever get lost? Maybe he should switch from Mapquest to Google Maps. Or you could do it for him—sort of. Google Maps envelopes (only a concept at the moment) would let you send snail mail through a button right in gmail and print envelopes showing the route between the two addresses. The only flaw with the design is that the from address would have to be west of the to address, unless the envelope isn’t strictly oriented with North facing up.
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sweet concept! one could use the back of the envelope for west to east directions if you wanted to keep the North up
Since the world is round. Every point can be displayed as east of a west point. Admitted the distance may increase to nearly the circumference of Earth for close distances but it can still be done
@Sam, but that would mean the route connecting them cuts off. The better solution would be to flip everything upside and just use a guide showing which way is north.
…but how about just making the “tail” of the return address box longer if it has to cross over the front of the envelope?
Cool idea, but mail is rarely sent along the most direct route, usually going through mail centres instead.
i think a better idea would be to zoom in on the To: address location, so posties know exactly which house to go to.
I agree with Linda. It’s more practical to show the exact location of the reciever address so the mailman knows the wich way to take ( specially with international mail, because no mailman will travel from usa to france and follow the map on the envelope!)
Still, a lovely concept I might adopt myself.
Except if the mail is traversing very long distances … in which case this is rather silly. Unless you simply show the address it is to.
Uh people, I think it’s just for fun. The post office delivery person will not actually be using the directions. So who cares if it’s not perfect. It’s just supposed to look neat.
@ashleigh
THANK YOU!
Hahaha…. How funny that nearly ALL of you think a postman is going to actually use the map. So hilarious!! Thank you so much for making me laugh!
I like the idea of East to West ‘crossing’ to the back of the envelope. I always put the return address on the back anyway.
This would be great for wedding invitations to show approximately where the wedding is and how far away it is!