On the Language of Internet Memes

• Glitch as Destination
• This image was produced by Google Maps when queering for directions from point A to point B on 7.19.2012:
  
• It is unknown why the the route was displayed as a glitch.
• It was further glitched by randomly, and increasingly inserting the phrase [GLITCH_AS_DESTINATION] into their alphanumeric values:
  

  Click to download a PDF with the intervened alphanumeric values.

  

  Click to download a PDF with the intervened alphanumeric values.

  

  Click to download a PDF with the intervened alphanumeric values.

  

  Click to download a PDF with the intervened alphanumeric values.

• An animated GIF was created to serve as centerpiece:
  

  Centerpiece for the Glitch as Destination portrait

• A PDF file containing the intervened alphanumeric values of the images above was then converted into image files.
• The alphanumeric values for these images were themselves intervened by substituting specific characters with the word [Destination]:
  
• The resulting images were then mixed in with the original files in order to create an animated GIF that served as the background:
  

  Background for the Glitch as Destination portrait

Suggested follow up questions:

• Is all mapping subjected to human [or otherwise] error?
• Are all maps specifically designed for a specific purpose?
• Is mapping an end [a destination] in itself?