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From: David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android,sci.geo.satellite-nav
Subject: Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of
 the Atlantic coastline
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:07:17 +0000
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On 13/02/2025 21:15, Your Name wrote:
> A lot of the business tags used are not even accurate in their 
> placement, sometimes even on the wrong side of the street (I have even 
> found one that was on a totally different parallel street). In some 
> cases it's probably due to the person simply not zooming in close enough 
> before adding the tag.

It also happens because the business gets placed at a postcode centroid, 
rather than the true position.

(And, in spite of the rules about service area only businesses, there 
are a lot of businesses, in places where businesses probably operate but 
should not be, or should not be, on the map.)