• ryry1985@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can actually do this with Google maps too. It can take time for them to actually make changes though

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      1 year ago

      We had this same problem and did just this. 3 years later still no changes. Until my dad happened to be complaining about it at a party and was introduced to a friend of a friend that worked at Google with the maps team. Was finally fixed a week later. So yea a path exists but 3 years is a long time to wait for a simple fix.

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        1 year ago

        I swear they use the Maps Contributor ratings to determine how quickly they make changes.

        I’ve not had any issues getting changes made in a timely manner when I suggest them because I’ve left a bunch of reviews and photos for places I’ve visited.

        If you never leave reviews or photos, they probably don’t trust your suggestions. That’s just my guess though.

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        1 year ago

        All my legitimate submissions sit forever unacceped, but they were very quick to accept my submission of a landmark location on my old trailer as a “Palace”. Only recently noticed they removed it after years of saying Pleasant Valley Palace was a landmark in the middle of a trailer park, lol.

      • XEAL
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        1 year ago

        A few months ago I reported a missing section of road where I’m from and they corrected it in like a couple of weeks. Maybe it depends on how many people reports the same thing? IDK

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      1 year ago

      I’m always divided about it. At one hand, I want to help people not getting lost, but at the other, I don’t want to contribute to google.

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      1 year ago

      How? Every single adress is wrong on google for the whole muncipiality since they standarized the road numbering 3 years ago.

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      1 year ago

      You can also make submissions to Apple Maps.

      Even though these are massive corporations, they kinda do rely on feedback here.