In Google Maps you can just right-click and "report a data problem", and I vaguely recall reading somewhere that municipal governments also have special authority to upload information directly
Sounds nice in theory, but IME contacting Google is... low priority for them. I didn't try contacting the appropriate governing body, but considering the way that they prioritize other things that seem more directly in their wheelhouse, I wouldn't expect it to be much better.
In one of the cases that I know about, the map's not wrong -- there's an easement there! It should be on the map; nothing on any government map I've seen indicates it as a passable road.
The other one is not on any map -- it's just an access track that the former farmer used to get from one field to another, prior to the road being built. It does stick out like a sore thumb on satellite photos, so my working hypothesis is that Google (and whoever else) did not strictly stick to whatever GIS files they got their hands on.
p
Sounds nice in theory, but IME contacting Google is... low priority for them. I didn't try contacting the appropriate governing body, but considering the way that they prioritize other things that seem more directly in their wheelhouse, I wouldn't expect it to be much better.
In one of the cases that I know about, the map's not wrong -- there's an easement there! It should be on the map; nothing on any government map I've seen indicates it as a passable road.
The other one is not on any map -- it's just an access track that the former farmer used to get from one field to another, prior to the road being built. It does stick out like a sore thumb on satellite photos, so my working hypothesis is that Google (and whoever else) did not strictly stick to whatever GIS files they got their hands on.
More options
Context Copy link