Editing 489: Going West

{{comic
| number    = 489
| date      = October 15, 2008
| title     = Going West
| image     = going_west.png
| titletext = Listen, they request that you stop submitting a listing for your house labeled 'WHERE YOU BROKE MY HEART'.
}}

==Explanation==
Google Maps is a service to let people look at the world through their web browser.

When Google Maps was first starting out, the maximum zoom level a person could select went past the highest resolution imagery available in certain countries. When this happened, Google Maps would tile the message "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level".

==Transcript==
:[Cueball and Megan are talking, and Cueball is walking away from Megan. Megan is holding a an open envelope]
:Megan: I'm sorry. The google maps team hired me.
:Cueball: But I can't move to California
:Megan: Then I guess this is the end.
:Cueball: It can't be! ... Listen.
:[Cueball is holding Megan's hands in his]
:Cueball: When I look deep into your eyes, I see a future for us.
:Megan: Look deeper.
:[Cueball looks deeper into Megan's eyes.]
:Cueball: "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level"?
:They... they have you already.
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 ==Explanation==
-[[Megan]] has been hired by {{w|Google Maps}} and plans to move to California presumably because this is where {{w|Googleplex|Google headquarters}} is located. Her boyfriend [[Cueball]] states that he cannot move there. Megan then just ends their relationship. Cueball does not just give up -- he takes her hand and looks deep into her eyes and claims that he can see a future for them. But Megan asks him to look deeper, and he sees a typical Google Map message. He realizes that they already own her, and he has no chance of stopping her from going to California.
+Google Maps is a service to let people look at the world through their web browser.
-Google Maps is a service to let people look at the world through their web browser. When Google Maps was first starting out, the maximum zoom level a person could select went past the highest resolution imagery available in certain areas. When this happened, Google Maps would tile the message "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level." When Cueball looks "closely" enough into Megan's eyes, he sees this same message and knows it is over.
+When Google Maps was first starting out, the maximum zoom level a person could select went past the highest resolution imagery available in certain countries. When this happened, Google Maps would tile the message "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level".
-The title text refers to a functionality of Google Maps that allows users to submit/update information about places on the map, such as business listings, monuments, etc. Such updates must be approved by Google before other users can see them. Apparently, Cueball has been repeatedly submitting 'WHERE YOU BROKE MY HEART' as a listing for his own house, so that Megan, who is now on the Google Maps team, will see those submissions. The title text is probably her reply.
 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball and Megan are talking, while Cueball is walking away from Megan holding his hands up. Megan is holding a folded page of a letter up in one hand. The envelope can be seen behind the page, which only displays one line of visible, but unreadable, text.]
+:[Cueball and Megan are talking, and Cueball is walking away from Megan. Megan is holding a an open envelope]
-:Megan: I'm sorry. The Google Maps team hired me.
+:Megan: I'm sorry. The google maps team hired me.
-:Cueball: But I can't move to California!
+:Cueball: But I can't move to California
-:[Megan has taken her hand down holding the letter so the backside of the envelope is now visible. Cueball turns towards her and holds one hand up in front of himself.]
 :Megan: Then I guess this is the end.
-:Cueball: It can't be!
+:Cueball: It can't be! ... Listen.
-:Cueball: Listen.
+:[Cueball is holding Megan's hands in his]
-:[Cueball and Megan are holding each other's hands with stretched out arms, looking into each other's eyes. The envelope has disappeared from Megan's hands.]
 :Cueball: When I look deep into your eyes, I see a future for us.
 :Megan: Look deeper.
+:[Cueball looks deeper into Megan's eyes.]
-:[In this frameless panel, Cueball takes a hand up to his chin, while he bends his head very close to Megan's head, and she even leans a bit back. The letter and envelope have returned to her hand, after they went missing in the previous panel.]
-:[Cueball stands normally, as does Megan with her letter.]
 :Cueball: "We're sorry, but we don't have imagery at this zoom level"?
-:Cueball: They... They have you already.
+:They... they have you already.
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-[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
-[[Category:Google Maps]]
-[[Category:Romance]]