I also think that they should not be there, unless they were in a separate, (optional), layer, like Wikipedia. A quick and dirty solution might be to use the terrain map, which doesn't have them.
Perhaps we shold make a feature request to have them in a separate layer, together with the transport icons, (bus stops, train stations). -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- On Feb 19, 12:27 am, janetmck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Points of interest (tourist attractions etc) have started appearing in > maps for some UK cities as produced via the maps API (but not in the > public Google Maps), marked with brown labelled icons (see e.g. > central London where Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, etc. are marked). > > In the maps for Oxford these markers include some (but not all) of the > Colleges and University buildings, and several are actually in the > wrong place! This is seriously unhelpful when trying to use the maps > API to produce maps of the location of the Colleges... > (e.g.http://www.ox.ac.uk/colleges/map_of_the_colleges_and_halls/-- zoom in > to e.g. Hertford to see several of our points and Google's points). > > So, two questions please: > > 1. Is there any way to exclude these icons from the maps? > 2. Where is the data coming from -- e.g. is it a feed from an existing > source like the Wikipedia POIs in GEarth? > > NB these points don't seem to appear in the Tele Atlas maps, at least > not the ones where changes can be submitted (http:// > mapinsight.teleatlas.com/mapfeedback/index.php). > > Any suggestions gratefully welcomed -- I have tried searching the > documentation, this group, Google blogs, etc and not found anything > relevant, but apologies if I've missed it. > > Thanks in advance, > Janet --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
