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Update to my Google Maps Error Report

I received notification from Google today that I was right.  We’ll see when the update actually occurs:
Hi Kate,
Your Google Maps problem report has been reviewed, and you were right! We’ll update the map within a month and email you when you can see the change.
Report history
Problem ID: 0xbca26e97c9d22b08

Your report: It does not appear that [...]

October 10, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: routing  2 Comments

Routing with the new Google Maps Data

I spent some time look around Google Maps since they stopped using Teleatlas in the United States this week.  Essentially I poked around looking for errors that are usually in the street vendor data.  Mostly these are minor errors such as a single line segment misspelled.   The problems usually appear to have originated with [...]

October 8, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Map Commentary, OSM, routing  5 Comments