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by wilg 7y ago

LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago
I don't live there, why should i? This one is now burnt as a benchmark, but i have others, more relevant to my location. I've only chosen this example because it was the one where i noticed how badly common online maps differ from what i'm used to from old paper maps, while following up some old railroad history in the Rockies. With the exception of Bing Maps they create some sort of virtual reality, where some places either don't even show up as separately named area, or the labels are wrong, up to some miles away. Not always, but often. This makes them unusable, or at least annoying to use. By that i mean a general overview of where is what related to its neighbours. As it is now, i get streets, POIs , Businesses, whatever else, for themselves, often missing the right name of the area, be it suburbs or other (sometimes historic) places like i'd explore some blank spots. Which defies the meaning of map, i think. Of course, if all you need is to get from point A to B via maybe C with total disregard for flyover country, industrial wasteland, monotonous suburbia while listening to some audiobook, then this is unimportant. Edit: Warping spatial perception is what i mean!
- wilg 7y ago
  Why should you correct the map if you don't live there? Because you seem to use the map and think it should be more accurate. I don't see why where you live is relevant.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago
    Sorry, for being unclear. I wrote that i used this as a benchmark/test to derive the general quality of the map provider. Which means if i see that single example as wrong/insufficient, chances are the rest is too, because whatever process(es) produces the maps is somehow skewed. What is the benefit of correcting that single thing when the rest of the data remains skewed?

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by wilg 7y ago

Report it! https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203080 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203080

LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago
I don't live there, why should i? This one is now burnt as a benchmark, but i have others, more relevant to my location. I've only chosen this example because it was the one where i noticed how badly common online maps differ from what i'm used to from old paper maps, while following up some old railroad history in the Rockies. With the exception of Bing Maps they create some sort of virtual reality, where some places either don't even show up as separately named area, or the labels are wrong, up to some miles away. Not always, but often. This makes them unusable, or at least annoying to use. By that i mean a general overview of where is what related to its neighbours. As it is now, i get streets, POIs , Businesses, whatever else, for themselves, often missing the right name of the area, be it suburbs or other (sometimes historic) places like i'd explore some blank spots. Which defies the meaning of map, i think. Of course, if all you need is to get from point A to B via maybe C with total disregard for flyover country, industrial wasteland, monotonous suburbia while listening to some audiobook, then this is unimportant. Edit: Warping spatial perception is what i mean!
- wilg 7y ago
  Why should you correct the map if you don't live there? Because you seem to use the map and think it should be more accurate. I don't see why where you live is relevant.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago
    Sorry, for being unclear. I wrote that i used this as a benchmark/test to derive the general quality of the map provider. Which means if i see that single example as wrong/insufficient, chances are the rest is too, because whatever process(es) produces the maps is somehow skewed. What is the benefit of correcting that single thing when the rest of the data remains skewed?