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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Brazen on September 22, 2009, 10:55:11 AM

Title: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: Brazen on September 22, 2009, 10:55:11 AM
According to the esteemed reference, the university in the middle of Trent Park, North London, is Staffordshire University. Having worked there and indeed run round it many times, I know this is a lie. It is, in fact Middlesex UNiversity. Staffordshire is 140 miles away...

Anyway, I notified TeleAtlas who do the maps for Google. But not before I'd pointed out their error to everyone I know.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trent+park&sll=51.659752,-0.129948&sspn=0.017304,0.037422&ie=UTF8&radius=0.8&rq=1&ev=zi&ll=51.666806,-0.129948&spn=0.017301,0.037422&z=15&iwloc=B
Title: Re: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: Josquius on September 22, 2009, 03:46:23 PM
They do a lot of that.
Dodgy namings of suburbs and whatnot.
Title: Re: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: PRC on September 22, 2009, 04:12:25 PM
When I enter my address into google the pointer shows up on the house across the street from mine, instead of directly on my house... morons.
Title: Re: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: Razgovory on September 22, 2009, 04:13:39 PM
It's always off by a block or so around here.
Title: Re: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: Josephus on September 22, 2009, 04:16:28 PM
Quote from: PRC on September 22, 2009, 04:12:25 PM
When I enter my address into google the pointer shows up on the house across the street from mine, instead of directly on my house... morons.

When I do mine, I get Jaron's house.  :(
Title: Re: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: derspiess on September 22, 2009, 04:31:22 PM
After the way you Brits treated their camera cars, I wouldn't blame Google for taking their time correcting the error.
Title: Re: Putting Google Maps to rights
Post by: garbon on September 22, 2009, 06:09:30 PM
Quote from: PRC on September 22, 2009, 04:12:25 PM
When I enter my address into google the pointer shows up on the house across the street from mine, instead of directly on my house... morons.

!

I've been stalking the wrong person.