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[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 27 points 9 months ago

56 comments and nothing about the fact that you can submit edits to Google if the map is wrong

[-] grue@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago

Submit your edits to OpenStreetMap instead. Fuck doing unpaid labor for Google; they can fucking pay somebody for it.

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago

I have thousands of edits on OSM for over a decade, but people getting lost is less cool than spending 3 minutes trying to help people

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Normally I’d agree with you but a lot of people use Google and driving for a few hours in the wrong direction in Tasmania can kill you. Fixing something like this might well be a humanitarian action.

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

this sign is the “humanitarian action.” fuck Google

[-] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

This is the way.

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

I had to submit a trail edit 4 times to make it stick after many others had done the same already. You can only do what you can do. I always tell them they are liable for any incident if they have prior knowledge as if that would make a difference.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I did that once, they rejected it. Wasn’t until they eventually did another pass for updated photos did they update it.

[-] zaphod@feddit.de 6 points 9 months ago

I heard stories about that feature, apparently sometimes they accept the changes and then revert them again for some reason. Like sometimes the wrong information comes from the government that classified a dirt road as a highway and Google eventually reverts any changes because they trust the government data more.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You can have gravel highways.

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Actually the second top comment is about that. 😜(yours)

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago
[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

Sir, I think you dropped this: \

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago

¯\(ツ)/¯ I think Lemmy's markdown removes it. Let's see if I try escaping it.

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago
[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

You also need to escape the underscores: ¯⁠\\⁠\_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠\_⁠/⁠¯

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago
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