As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume
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#2Perhaps it's a social experiment in this case? Seems like quite a departure from the existing names for that particular neighbourhood.
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#3Because of the power of mind share, Google has the power to control borders.
The border between Israel and the West Bank is an odd one.
'Both sides' have their view of it.
But if 7 Billion people on planet earth grow up seeing one version of the border, it's what they will come to believe as 'true' and effectively support - particularly those in modern nations that might have influence.
China is aware of this and they control any maps their citizens will ever see.
"Of course all that ocean between Philippines and Vietnam belongs to China!" is what most Chinese citizens will assume, after all, they saw it on their maps growing up. While the rest of us will have seen a different map.
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#4There's an area in Kuala Lumpur that is called "Off Jalan Bangsar" in Google Maps (Jalan meaning street in Malay).
It's obvious that Google's machine learning algorithm took what is name of the nearest major street for a district name.
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#5Yup. I see these "synthetic" place names popping up lately. Probably machine-learned from business listings near location, sometimes with bizarre results.
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#6Because of the power of mind share, Google has the power to control borders. The border between Israel and the West Bank is an odd one. 'Both sides' have their view of it. But if 7 Billion people on planet earth grow up seeing one version of the border, it's what they will come to believe as 'true' and effectively support - particularly those in modern nations that might have influence. China is aware of this and the…
Disputed territories are shown differently to each side: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10...
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#7In Los Angeles, Jeffrey Schneider, a longtime architect in the Silver Lake area, said he recently began calling the hill he lived on 'Silver Lake Heights' in ads for his rental apartment downstairs, partly as a joke. Last year, Silver Lake Heights also appeared on Google Maps.
Google asleep at the wheel again.
Developers wanting to create some tony new "neighborhood" as well as real estate agents attempting to shift the borders of desirable and undesirable neighborhoods are having a field day.
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#8Because of the power of mind share, Google has the power to control borders. The border between Israel and the West Bank is an odd one. 'Both sides' have their view of it. But if 7 Billion people on planet earth grow up seeing one version of the border, it's what they will come to believe as 'true' and effectively support - particularly those in modern nations that might have influence. China is aware of this and the…
Disputed territories are shown differently to each side: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10...
Yes, but what I think OP is more so referring to is the idea that if an international organization tried to solve the dispute most would be in favor of what they have seen for the longest time. Which brings the question of how does Google decide which map it will show the rest of the world?
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#9In Los Angeles, Jeffrey Schneider, a longtime architect in the Silver Lake area, said he recently began calling the hill he lived on 'Silver Lake Heights' in ads for his rental apartment downstairs, partly as a joke. Last year, Silver Lake Heights also appeared on Google Maps. Google asleep at the wheel again. Developers wanting to create some tony new "neighborhood" as well as real estate agents attempting to shift…
Or not. This is the essential process that any place name goes through (really any name), someone starts using it and then others adopt it.
Whether the first someone is an official isn't that important.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Disputed territories are shown differently to each side: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10...
Yes, but what I think OP is more so referring to is the idea that if an international organization tried to solve the dispute most would be in favor of what they have seen for the longest time. Which brings the question of how does Google decide which map it will show the rest of the world?
Actually, I think people at the international level have probably a better grasp.
Mostly the issue is populism. It doesn't matter what leaders think if their entire population thinks otherwise.
And politicians will use said populism to their favour as well.
And I also think there is room for objectivity and reason here.