On Dec 22, 2014, at 7:36 AM, Peter Dobratz wrote:
> The company providing the service is Where 2 Get It (
> http://www.where2getit.com/ ). They provide maps for store locator functions
> for a number of companies. For example: Moe's Southwest Grill, Safeway,
> Trader Joe's, Jo-Ann Fabric, Michael's. OSM is used for the base map with
> the store location placemarks as an overlay. You can tell that they are not
> utilizing the OSM data for the store locations because if you look closely
> you can see that their placemarks don't always line up with the actual
> locations of the stores in OSM.
>
> --Peter
>
I had noticed that the nearest Michael's to me had the pin in the wrong part of
the shopping center (I am the one that mapped that Michael's location for OSM
and am pretty sure I have it right).
Just looked at the Trader Joe's web site and it looks like they are using
background map data from NAVTEQ. But they also have the store nearest me in the
wrong location. :)
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