Published: November 27, 2006 05:46 pm            

It's easy to get to Bergsten's house

LINCOLN, Neb. — James Bergsten has an easy way to direct people to his house: Just type in Lincoln, NE, and search in Google maps.

The arrow that appears just happens to show the rest of the way.

“I tell it to people all the time,” he said.

The arrow is in the same spot if you did the search on MapQuest or Yahoo! Maps.

“It is the city centroid,” said MapQuest representative Dori Salcido. He said it “represents the geometric center of the polygon encompassing the city.”

Technically, five other houses on Bergsten’s block can also brag about being the center of Lincoln’s Web universe.

By the way: In the U.S. Postal Service world of numbers and street names, Bergsten and his family live at 3761 B St.

        

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