On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 17:14 +1000, John Smith wrote: > Australian web surfers yesterday became the first in the world to see > advertiser logos on the Google Maps website, highlighting the > locations of five companies -- NAB, Bankwest, JB Hi-Fi, LJ Hooker and > Chemist Warehouse.
I just checked around my area, JB hi-fi is shown the same as any other business. While looking around the area, I just found the NAB branch and a CBA ATM, both showing as located in a carpark, in completely the wrong location. The only one POI you mentioned that is actually placed correctly and standing out from any other items, is the chemist warehouse. > Fitness First and BP are also understood to be preparing to launch > advertising on the service. BP is shown at the correct location but the Shell about 100m up the road isnt even mapped. Fitness First, I found by accident clicking on various items on the map, labelled simply as 'Woden' (the suburb its in). Interestingly, the police station next-door (its not close at all, but theyre side-by-side on the google map) is labelled with the wrong suburb. Even the westfield is mis-located... one wonders did they even bother checking anything or if they simply mass imported a lot of data. For what its worth, all the above items Ive mentioned, are shown correctly on OSM, even down to car wash and ATM facilities at the Shell/BP. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
