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Thursday, March 20. 2008

Quote of the Week

"I have tabled a motion asking that Derry City Council write to Google asking that they upgrade the coverage available in the North West of the island [Ireland]. Images are available in far greater detail for other parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom and I hope the council will support my call for Google to take steps to upgrade the images available in the North West as soon as they can."

- SDLP councillor, Martin Reilly, of Derry

(sorry lost original source, but it's mentioned in this BBC article, and it's noted in council agenda [doc])

Update: Found the original post at the Derry Journal.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google at 07:31 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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Why is this quote of the week?
#1 reader on 2008-03-20 10:04 (Reply)
"Derry, in the UK"

GGRRrrrrrr
#2 Anonymous on 2008-03-20 10:34 (Reply)
I think there are a few reasons this quote is interesting:

It shows how important some people feel about how their geography is represented in Google Earth.

It shows the expectation that its Google's obligation/responsibility/? to offer better data of their area.

I suggests to me at least that the quotee probably hasn't researched how Google gets its imagery, when it gets updates or that it's possible for the city/region to share its data with Google.

On the other hand, it could just be a trick to get blogs like this to pick it up and be sure Google sees it.
#3 John Prine on 2008-03-20 20:24 (Reply)

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