No joke.  When my brother uses Uber on the south end of Mercer Island, it regularly shows the &quot;closest&quot; car as being in Seward Park - about 1&#x2F;2 mile away <i>across a lake</i>.  The bridge of course is far north, and pretty much every Uber in Seattle&#x27;s downtown or centrally-located neighborhoods is significantly closer than the one Uber picks.<p>Seems like they are simply using as-the-crow-flies distance, which is kinda crazy.