Comments on: Google Maps: What Happens When You Lose a Town?

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:49:18 +0000

That is pretyy funny, but its not uncommon as it seems.

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Sometimes Sunrise Doesn’t Exist | GIS Lounge — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:21:31 +0000

[...] in other areas around the United States have also been affected. Mike Blumenthal notes missing cities on his blog. When Rogers, Minn., went missing, Blumenthal set a clock on his blog, timing how quickly Google [...]

By: Bonnie Harris

Bonnie Harris — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:51:17 +0000

Too funny…but it goes to show that online resources are not nearly as reliable as print. Maybe we need to have factchecker 2.0 be the hottest new job!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:45:11 +0000

I’ve noticed this in the UK aswell, where towns do not appear on google maps unless a postcode for a particular street in that town is entered.

Google maps is an excellent tool, and easy to use, i’d hate to have to be the person to quality check every village/town/city!

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Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:28:41 +0000

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By: United Maps

United Maps — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:29:05 +0000

Mike Dobson on ‘Google’s Broken PlaceFinder’…

The last piece of Mike Dobson on the complexity of disambiguating places on maps is hard stuff.Save your time and don’t read it if you still want to understand maps as just shiny tiles quickly sent to your screen. Otherwise – make sure to also r…

By: Citizens of Rogers Demand that Google Be Renamed After Lost Town | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:13:00 +0000

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Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:57:17 +0000

[...] There is another blog posting that was in the email I received and it seems that they are trying to follow this and let it be known: http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/03/17/google-maps-what-happens-when-you-loose-a-town/ [...]

By: Farooq Azam

Farooq Azam — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:43:15 +0000

My experience with Google Maps is good.

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:10:17 +0000

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