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A lot of this had bad fall through logic. Most times if a distinct place couldn't be geocoded, it would take the centroid of the parent object and use that as a
by snarf21 4y ago
A lot of this had bad fall through logic. Most times if a distinct place couldn't be geocoded, it would take the centroid of the parent object and use that as an estimate. So if you knew it was the US but couldn't find anything specific it might pick the center point of the US mainland polygon. Same follows for a town in a specific state that can't be found and using the state polygon centroid. Product would often prefer a wrong map to a "We couldn't find it."
Source: Worked for MapQuest for many many years.
- raron 4y agoWell, you know, maybe some accuracy numbers should be attached to position for emergency services or law enforcement... even the default maps app on my phones show a accuracy-circle around the got position. Or use something which represent an area not a point, like plus codes.
- snarf21 4y agoWell, I think the real answer is to just be honest that it couldn't be found. Product wouldn't do that in the early days.