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> {name of a local chain} - {neighborhood or city name} Wait, what's wrong with this? This is just good practice. It's helpful to be able to, when communicatin

> {name of a local chain} - {neighborhood or city name} Wait, what's wrong with this? This is just good practice. It's helpful to be able to, when communicating with someone, unambiguously refer to the exact location, e.g. Westville Chelsea v Westville East v Westville Hudson v Westville Wall Street.

muricula 3y ago
Because on a map it's already implicit in where the pin actually is. You're staring at a pin in Westville Chelsea.
- iggldiggl 3y ago
  Problem is the same name is also used for lists of search results – having a neighbourhood name being displayed there can definitively be helpful to distinguish multiple branches of the same company, while also having a higher chance of being at least roughly recognisable to people as compared to specific street names (which is what Google currently displays for POI listings).
  - scrollaway 3y ago
    Yes exactly, if you want to, say, meet at a specific Marriott hotel and put it in directions, this helps disambiguate. Google Maps does a good job of it without, but will still show you completely different ones if you don’t have the unique-ish name.
    - CydeWeys 3y ago
      Every branch of a hotel chain should have a unique name, at least per city. Way too many mistakes get made otherwise.
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- CydeWeys 3y ago
  You're not always looking at a map at all times though. If I verbally tell a friend "Let's meet up for lunch at Westville Chelsea", they can then unambiguously locate the exact one later on on their own. Also, lots of people (especially visitors!) don't know where the neighborhoods actually are. So having the names of the locations in the pins is better than them struggling to figure out exactly which of a series of identically named pins is actually the right one in an area they don't know about.
konspence 3y ago
I already know where I’m looking. And the map TOS state it should be the business name. I pointed this out as a UX problem, which it is.
- mschuster91 3y ago
  > I already know where I’m looking. You do, because you're native to the area. The person you're talking to, possibly not.
- seb1204 3y ago
  Business names have all this useless PTY LTD and not necessarily the differentiator that is required. E.g. two fast food chain places operated by the same franchise holder but are located on opposite sides of the highway. For me as map use I am interested in identifying the one on the lane Northbound in the list of search results while driving.

muricula 3y ago

Because on a map it's already implicit in where the pin actually is. You're staring at a pin in Westville Chelsea.

iggldiggl 3y ago
Problem is the same name is also used for lists of search results – having a neighbourhood name being displayed there can definitively be helpful to distinguish multiple branches of the same company, while also having a higher chance of being at least roughly recognisable to people as compared to specific street names (which is what Google currently displays for POI listings).
- scrollaway 3y ago
  Yes exactly, if you want to, say, meet at a specific Marriott hotel and put it in directions, this helps disambiguate. Google Maps does a good job of it without, but will still show you completely different ones if you don’t have the unique-ish name.
  - CydeWeys 3y ago
    Every branch of a hotel chain should have a unique name, at least per city. Way too many mistakes get made otherwise.
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CydeWeys 3y ago
You're not always looking at a map at all times though. If I verbally tell a friend "Let's meet up for lunch at Westville Chelsea", they can then unambiguously locate the exact one later on on their own. Also, lots of people (especially visitors!) don't know where the neighborhoods actually are. So having the names of the locations in the pins is better than them struggling to figure out exactly which of a series of identically named pins is actually the right one in an area they don't know about.

konspence 3y ago

I already know where I’m looking. And the map TOS state it should be the business name. I pointed this out as a UX problem, which it is.

mschuster91 3y ago
> I already know where I’m looking. You do, because you're native to the area. The person you're talking to, possibly not.
seb1204 3y ago
Business names have all this useless PTY LTD and not necessarily the differentiator that is required. E.g. two fast food chain places operated by the same franchise holder but are located on opposite sides of the highway. For me as map use I am interested in identifying the one on the lane Northbound in the list of search results while driving.