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Most of the neighbourhood names in my large European city were like this on Google Maps. Either old names or hyperspecific landmark/street names that I had neve
by dmurray 4mo ago
Most of the neighbourhood names in my large European city were like this on Google Maps. Either old names or hyperspecific landmark/street names that I had never heard being used as synecdoche for the area.
This was definitely true 4-5 years ago. I looked now and it's mostly better at most levels of zoom.
- consp 4mo agoGoogle maps uses suggestive names (e.g. a park walkway given a name by the municipality) as official road names, and when it does that it marked it as a cycling path. Both are invalid and cycling on them is illegal. This has been going on for years.
- 21asdffdsa12 4mo agoIt redirects cars on foot/bikepaths near rivers, with the danger of sliding in.