Paul Terry wrote in
:

In message , Tom
Anderson writes

I'm often far less than impressed by the Tele Atlas data.

There's a list of nearly 50 claimed errors in London N6 alone at:

http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/modules.p...viewtopic&p=11
9867

The best Google Maps mistake that I know of (and particularly apt for
uk.transport groups) is

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...7,0.03798&spn=
0.018497,0.032873
and
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...-0.109262&spn=
0.037002,0.037766

Woodford and Wood Green stations appear to have been transposed. Still
it's an easy enough mistake to make I suppose, as they're only 11km or
so apart from each other and on totally different tube lines

Iain

Tom Anderson wrote:

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, John Rowland wrote:

... the misnamed street map.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.5767...09975,0.019956

I know Highgate rather well, and approximately 50% of the street names
in this map are wrong. The renaming of Archway Road as Britannia
Crescent is a particular gem. Is Google maps generally this bad, or was
the data set for Highgate produced by someone who was just about to
quit?

I'm often far less than impressed by the Tele Atlas data.

The silver lining, of course, is that when the rampant Google
superintelligent AI, having decided our fate in a microsecond, sends out
its legions of death machines, they'll get lost, and we'll be spared.

Death machines???? Considering what search engines are popularly used
for, wouldn't it be more likely to send out its legions of sex machines?

Yes, I know "sex" has long since been overtaken by "mp3" but soon
everyone will have mp3 machines anyway...

--
Aidan Stanger
http://www.bettercrossrail.co.uk

John Rowland wrote:
... the misnamed street map.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.5767...09975,0.019956

I know Highgate rather well, and approximately 50% of the street
names in this map are wrong. The renaming of Archway Road as
Britannia Crescent is a particular gem. Is Google maps generally this
bad, or was the data set for Highgate produced by someone who was
just about to quit?


I don't know Highgate at all, but in Edinburgh there is a "street"
called the royal mile I thought for years the entire thing was called
that so if I had seen a map were it was called The lawn market, The high
street, Cannongate I would have thought the map was wrong maybe (repeat
maybe) the "official name" used on/by maps is different to what the
locals call that street.
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This post contains no hidden meanings, no implications and certainly no
hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words
may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language .

"soup" wrote in message
k...
John Rowland wrote:

... the misnamed street map.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.5767...09975,0.019956

I know Highgate rather well, and approximately 50% of the street
names in this map are wrong. The renaming of Archway Road as
Britannia Crescent is a particular gem.

maybe (repeat maybe) the "official name" used
on/by maps is different to what the locals call that street.

Lots of main roads do have colloquial names... but I happen to know that
doesn't apply here, and it certainly doesn't explain how 50% of the roads
are misnamed

John Rowland wrote:
"soup" wrote in message
k...

John Rowland wrote:

... the misnamed street map.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.5767...09975,0.019956

I know Highgate rather well, and approximately 50% of the street
names in this map are wrong. The renaming of Archway Road as
Britannia Crescent is a particular gem.

maybe (repeat maybe) the "official name" used
on/by maps is different to what the locals call that street.


Lots of main roads do have colloquial names... but I happen to know that
doesn't apply here, and it certainly doesn't explain how 50% of the roads
are misnamed


Deliberate misinformation to outwit terrorists?
Hey Abdul, why didn't you blow up the bus on Archway
It don't exist, the infidels have moved it!