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Wednesday, November 11. 2009

Update: The Canton, Ohio Google Issue

Update: Canton is back where it belongs...but when you search for Canton, Ohio, you are not taken there. Instead, you are still in Massillon. So, I guess while the label is now there, the geocoding is not up-to-date.

---- original post 10/27/09 ----

Big news: try to find Canton, Ohio on Google Maps and as of this morning, it's a "no go."
How did it happen? Well, someone made an error, admits Elaine Filadelfo, a spokeswoman for the California-based Web browsing company.

The renaming of Canton apparently happened last week when the folks at Google updated the maps. Someone reported the mistake to the company on Friday and the complaining hasn’t stopped.

I found no mention in the discussion of the situation that Google dropped its longtime map provider and switched to using its own data earlier this month. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

- Canton Rep
Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google at 06:00 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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As I noted in this post, Google Maps posts serious errors in and around the small Ohio town in which I now live (west of Canton). It's not enough to Streetview every inch of America when your initial feature extraction is wrong.
#1 Maitri (Link) on 2009-10-27 10:18 (Reply)
Sorry - which post?

Adena
#1.1 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-10-27 10:34 (Reply)
Oh, doh, sorry. This post.
#1.1.1 Maitri (Link) on 2009-10-27 10:41 (Reply)
Ok, your comments section doesn't like hotlinking. Here you go: http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3307/
#1.1.2 Maitri (Link) on 2009-10-27 10:42 (Reply)
Do I smell a class action law suit?
#2 Joey Marino (Link) on 2009-11-11 10:02 (Reply)
Canton is back on google maps. i just found it and was able to zoom to street level.
#3 Frank D. Ross on 2009-11-28 00:01 (Reply)

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