On Feb 19, 10:51 pm, BuckyE <[email protected]> wrote about the POI icons in Normal map tiles: > > A lot of them are off, some by hundreds of feet. I asked about this a > while back in the Google Maps group and got no expert answer. > > So, the answers... > 1. Nope, They're part of the map time art. > 2. No one knows how they were created, or from what (crudely sloppy) > data. Several posts here have never been answered by any google folks.
I think this is one for Pamela to comment on! Marcelo wrote: > Perhaps we shold make a feature request to have them in a separate > layer, together with the transport icons, (bus stops, train stations). Er... could the feature request be for the POIs to be in a separate layer and the transport icons to be in another separate layer? Arguably the POI data is less useful than the transport icons, so if transport is to be separated out -- which is itself debatable -- then it shouldn't be necessary to display POIs with the transport icons. I expect that there is advertising revenue to be won for Google by allowing punters to click on POIs, so I don't expect any movement on making them optional. But they should be accurate or they are no use to anyone, whether map user or POI-proprietor. Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
