#google-maps

#google-maps

If you were driving around Toronto Saturday and checked Google Maps for the fastest route, you may have seen the Don Valley Parkway was closed. The only problem: it wasn't. Just before noon, the City of Toronto said in a post on X that staff had been getting reports that Google Maps was erroneously showing the east end highway was closed.

Earlier this year the Welsh village of Cyffylliog in Denbighshire was beset by an unexpected stream of traffic after an Aldi supermarket appeared on a map. The name of a farm just below the village, home to about 500 people, was changed on Google Maps to the name of the supermarket, leading to an influx of people attempting to do a weekly shop, and a milk tanker getting stuck. Google said it worked around the clock to identify suspicious behaviour, and corrected the listing.

If neither Google Business Profile nor Chain stores work for you, you can select up to 10 locations from Google Maps to link with your Ads account. These Google Maps locations must be yours, or they may be disapproved. Go to Location manager within the Tool menu, under the Shared library. Select the plus button, and choose "Our locations". Select Continue. You can enter the physical address or a key phrase to search your locations.

Google Maps features a Live View augmented reality tool, aiding pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users by overlaying navigation directions on real-world environments.

OpenAI updated its ChatGPT iOS app, allowing users to select Google Maps as the maps provider for local results, replacing Apple Maps.

On 11 August, South Korean authorities will decide whether to permit Google to export detailed mapping data for improved navigation, impacting tourism and innovation.

Google Search is currently indexing and ranking Google Maps search results pages for certain 'near me' queries, potentially unintentionally bypassing its usual indexing restrictions.

46% of all Google searches are local. 76% of "near me" searches lead to a store visit within 24 hours, making Google Maps essential for cannabis retail.

Maps enthusiasts enjoy exploring Google Maps as a source of entertainment rather than just navigation, finding joy in uncovering geographical oddities.