ASCII Maps: Google Maps for the terminal

Okay, the title of this post is a complete lie—you can't get Google Maps in a terminal, at least not yet, but ASCII Maps is a fun Google Maps hack that kinda feels like it. ASCII Maps replaces Google Maps' map and satellite imagery with colorful ASCII versions. Scrolling around is agonizingly slow on my machine and it's liable to hurt your eyes after not much use, but it has most of Google Map's features like searching and zooming. Sadly, there are not ASCII driving directions.

[Via Waxy.org]

Tags: ascii, fun, google, googlemaps, mapping, maps, retro