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media: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/google-maps-hides-an-image-of-the-android-robot-pissing-on-apple http://www.theguardian.com/technology

by pella 12y ago

media: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/google-maps-hides-an-image-of-the-android-robot-pissing-on-apple http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/google-map... http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/24/theres-an-android-peeing-on-apple-on-google-maps-and-we-cant-figure-out-why/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/24/theres-an-android-pe... http://mashable.com/2015/04/24/android-bot-peeing-on-apple-logo-google-maps/ http://mashable.com/2015/04/24/android-bot-peeing-on-apple-l... "Update: A Google spokesperson got back to us, explaining that the image is likely a result of a user abusing Map Maker, the tool that allows everyone to contribute to Google Maps. "Even though edits are moderated, occasionally the odd inaccurate or cheeky edit may slip through our system," he said in a statement to Mashable. "We've been made aware of the issue and are working on getting it removed.""

nyrina 12y ago
I simply can't believe that they are "working on getting it removed". If it was a problem they didn't want the whole world to know about, it would've been removed the second they were made aware of the issue.
- maxerickson 12y ago
  Why would you expect every random employee to have the necessary access to expedite such a change? It's 5 AM in Mountain View, they probably have to get someone out of bed. Also, I imagine they would like to figure out where it came from, which may or may not complicate the removal, who knows.
  - aryamaan 12y ago
    Well, Google doesn't have office only in MV.
    - mszyndel 12y ago
      They totally have people working on maps in Dublin (for example)
- lnanek2 12y ago
  Have you ever worked for a large company before? There's nothing management loves more than access controls. There are whole software products available, like Confluence, that do nothing but take good open source offerings like various wikis and make it so management has to set permissions for every user for every page to do anything at all. Then whenever you need to make a change it takes a week of meetings to get edit permission for the needed page...
  - breakingcups 12y ago
    Confluence is awesome, we use it in our company and every user can edit every page (that's how it's set out of the box!). This works great for us and our size. To bash on Confluence just because your management has set restrictive policies seems a bit unfair.
- cgtyoder 12y ago
  There are the requisite forms to fill out, approvals to be gathered - it's going to take some time...
  - what_ever 12y ago
    Seriously? I work at not so small tech company and here one of the managers/director/vp will take a call and the engineer will patch the changes. The call is specially easy is such obvious example of what should be done.
    - bduerst 12y ago
      I don't think it's just calling one engineer - it's multiple teams that need to align for the change to push through.
- rmc 12y ago
  There's almost certainly oodles of caches between the data and the images.
andrea_s 12y ago
And in the same area... https://goo.gl/maps/5t9br https://goo.gl/maps/5t9br
- chadscira 12y ago
  wow, well i guess no one is actually reviewing at that zoom level?
- monochromatic 12y ago
  How do people find these?
  - andrea_s 12y ago
    My colleague (sitting in front of me) found it casually by exploring the area with the peeing Android icon - it's very close :)
  - rmc 12y ago
    People live there? Want to look at the map where they are?

by pella 12y ago

nyrina 12y ago

I simply can't believe that they are "working on getting it removed". If it was a problem they didn't want the whole world to know about, it would've been removed the second they were made aware of the issue.

maxerickson 12y ago
Why would you expect every random employee to have the necessary access to expedite such a change? It's 5 AM in Mountain View, they probably have to get someone out of bed. Also, I imagine they would like to figure out where it came from, which may or may not complicate the removal, who knows.
- aryamaan 12y ago
  Well, Google doesn't have office only in MV.
  - mszyndel 12y ago
    They totally have people working on maps in Dublin (for example)
lnanek2 12y ago
Have you ever worked for a large company before? There's nothing management loves more than access controls. There are whole software products available, like Confluence, that do nothing but take good open source offerings like various wikis and make it so management has to set permissions for every user for every page to do anything at all. Then whenever you need to make a change it takes a week of meetings to get edit permission for the needed page...
- breakingcups 12y ago
  Confluence is awesome, we use it in our company and every user can edit every page (that's how it's set out of the box!). This works great for us and our size. To bash on Confluence just because your management has set restrictive policies seems a bit unfair.
cgtyoder 12y ago
There are the requisite forms to fill out, approvals to be gathered - it's going to take some time...
- what_ever 12y ago
  Seriously? I work at not so small tech company and here one of the managers/director/vp will take a call and the engineer will patch the changes. The call is specially easy is such obvious example of what should be done.
  - bduerst 12y ago
    I don't think it's just calling one engineer - it's multiple teams that need to align for the change to push through.
rmc 12y ago
There's almost certainly oodles of caches between the data and the images.

andrea_s 12y ago

And in the same area... https://goo.gl/maps/5t9br https://goo.gl/maps/5t9br

chadscira 12y ago
wow, well i guess no one is actually reviewing at that zoom level?
monochromatic 12y ago
How do people find these?
- andrea_s 12y ago
  My colleague (sitting in front of me) found it casually by exploring the area with the peeing Android icon - it's very close :)
- rmc 12y ago
  People live there? Want to look at the map where they are?