Adirondack Park Disappears from Google Maps
by Mary Thill
Searching for a map of Beaver River yesterday I noticed that the raggedy roundish green shape that usually defines the Adirondack Park on Google maps had been reduced to a wedge over the Northwest Flow.
The Web site TechCrunch.com explains that Google has been incorporating user input to provide more detailed information, particularly about parks, bodies of water, roads, even bike trails. And there’s a “Report a Problem” link. At least one TechCrunch commenter has already reported the Adirondack Park shrinkage.
Image: Screen capture from Google maps this morning. Adirondack Almanack added the Blue Line for context
4 Comments:
I'd seen Park labels in some pretty odd places before; nice to know I could influence that now, in my copious free time
I support what google is doing, but they need to have full maps before they did it. The parkland should only include public parcels or those the state has easements to (different color).
There are much bigger problems with Google's mapping of the park. One problem is that they buy much of their imagery from Digital Globe and Digital Globe doesn't fly over the park much. In the Westport area, the imagery has improved a bit in the past 18 months because they bought imagery from the USDA, but most of the park isn't agricultural land, so the utility of USDA photos for the rest of the park shouldn't be much.
Also, did you notice that within the last month that Google Streetview has added Saranac Lake? I thought the pics would be fresh-fresh, but I took a virtual spin by Doug Hoffman's HQ on River Street and it was still the Nice'n'Sleazy. So, rather old photos added very recently. Odd.
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