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August 18th 14, 04:18 PM
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Online map sites and APRS
On 8/17/2014 8:00 PM, Bill Horne W1AC wrote:
Is there a way for APRS users to submit corrections to Google Maps and Mapquest? As an example, Google maps shows my street address wrong. Meaning, I have to offset the address a bit to show the right location. I've sent a message to Google using their "errors or correction" on the map page and got a rather terse response to the effect that they couldn't block my address. Which was NOT what I asked. I asked them to correct the street numbers to line up with the physical locations. All things considered, simply based on the amount of data involved, that you get anything even reasonably right is amazing, and you just have to bear that in mind. Pre-Google, Thomas Betts map books had their share of errors as well. -- Jeff-1.0 wa6fwi http://www.foxsmercantile.com |
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August 18th 14, 07:59 PM
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Online map sites and APRS
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:18:12 EDT, Foxs Mercantile
wrote: Pre-Google, Thomas Betts map books had their share of errors as well. Were you thinking of Thomas Brothers? Thomas & Betts is a manufacturer of electrical connectors. I was told many decades ago by the cartographers at the Automobile Club of Southern California that they would put in known mistakes in an effort to foil competitors' plagiarism. The ACSC maps were some of the best street maps available at the time and were used quite a bit in transmitter hunts even after they stopped being published. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon |
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August 19th 14, 02:23 AM
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Online map sites and APRS
On 8/18/2014 1:59 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:18:12 EDT, Foxs Mercantile wrote: Pre-Google, Thomas Betts map books had their share of errors as well. Were you thinking of Thomas Brothers? Thomas & Betts is a manufacturer of electrical connectors. Static buildup. That's my excuse. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Guide I was told many decades ago by the cartographers at the Automobile Club of Southern California that they would put in known mistakes in an effort to foil competitors' plagiarism. Basically, they all did that and for the same reasons. -- Jeff-1.0 wa6fwi http://www.foxsmercantile.com |
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