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Google Maps just fucking SUCKS now

Started by agentsteel53, February 26, 2014, 03:26:58 PM

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hotdogPi

Quote from: bandit957Another thing that sounds really stupid is corporate names for stadiums. Nobody ever refers to stadiums by their corporate names, except on TV and radio.

Huh? It's universally known as Gillette here.
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Quote from: bandit957 on Today at 08:42:34 AMBut it's just as politically motivated.

But that doesn't mean Google Maps should continue calling an airport by a name and code that it no longer has.  The name change may have been politically motivated, but the change happened.  Not changing its name on the map would be just as politically motivated—but also factually inaccurate.

Quote from: bandit957 on Today at 08:42:34 AMAnother thing that sounds really stupid is corporate names for stadiums. Nobody ever refers to stadiums by their corporate names, except on TV and radio.

Again, we're talking about maps.  Even if nobody in Wichita refers to the baseball stadium as Equity Bank Park, that doesn't mean Google Maps shouldn't label it that way.  After all, that's its name.

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Quote from: hotdogPi on Today at 09:02:47 AM
Quote from: bandit957Another thing that sounds really stupid is corporate names for stadiums. Nobody ever refers to stadiums by their corporate names, except on TV and radio.

Huh? It's universally known as Gillette here.

Huntington Bank has gone nuts as to naming rights of stadiums/arenas. In Toledo, there is a Huntington Bank Arena. In Cleveland there is Huntington Bank Field (Cleveland Browns Stadium).  And I know there is at least one more Huntington Bank Arena somewhere in the Midwest.

I-55

Quote from: thenetwork on Today at 09:55:56 AMHuntington Bank
Quote from: hotdogPi on Today at 09:02:47 AM
Quote from: bandit957Another thing that sounds really stupid is corporate names for stadiums. Nobody ever refers to stadiums by their corporate names, except on TV and radio.

Huh? It's universally known as Gillette here.

Huntington Bank has gone nuts as to naming rights of stadiums/arenas. In Toledo, there is a Huntington Bank Arena. In Cleveland there is Huntington Bank Field (Cleveland Browns Stadium).  And I know there is at least one more Huntington Bank Arena somewhere in the Midwest.

Huntington Bank Stadium - home of Minnesota Golden Gopher Football

Huntington Bank Pavilion - concert venue in Chicago

Huntington Bank Arena - small arena in Tupelo, MS
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Quote from: I-55 on April 13, 2025, 09:39:41 PMThe correct question is "if ARDOT hasn't signed it, why does Google show it?" and the answer as usual is "because Google Maps signs stuff incorrectly all the time"

kphoger

Quote from: thenetwork on Today at 09:55:56 AMHuntington Bank has gone nuts as to naming rights of stadiums/arenas. In Toledo, there is a Huntington Bank Arena. In Cleveland there is Huntington Bank Field (Cleveland Browns Stadium).  And I know there is at least one more Huntington Bank Arena somewhere in the Midwest.
Quote from: I-55 on Today at 12:13:12 PMHuntington Bank Stadium - home of Minnesota Golden Gopher Football

Huntington Bank Pavilion - concert venue in Chicago

Huntington Bank Arena - small arena in Tupelo, MS

Huntington (Bank) Park - home of Columbus Clippers

He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.