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Old July 17th 04, 10:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Maps of London on the internet

Ian Tindale wrote:
Graham Hick wrote:



Have a look at Canary Wharf, specifically the developments around
Heron Quays. Streetmap.co.uk does not show Bank Street, Upper Bank
Street, etc. But multimap.com does.


Unfortunately, multimap seem to be illiterate ****wits. Even after pointing
out several times that they can't spell Beckton Park correctly (and despite
it being spelled correctly on map graphic directly above their error),
they've entirely failed to take on board my correction. Given their
incorrect attitude toward accuracy, I now refuse to use them.


I've read that some mapmakers put deliberate mistakes into their
maps so they can catch copyists -- who'd make the same few mistakes
out of the many thousands of details in a map? If so, you may
be asking them to change one of their signatures, which may explain
their reluctance to fix it. Alternatively, they may just be
$GENERIC_INSULT.

#Paul