Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by mach5 » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:02 PM UTC

it's off of waze too

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by dbaupp » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:09 PM UTC

raimue wrote: post #8

OpenStreetMap still has it: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.4451&lon=-122.34063... I tried to mark it as closed, but did not find any option for that in potlatch. Can someone else with more experience with OSM help out?

If editing is too complicated/time consuming, then you can use the fancy new "notes" feature to add a marker that someone else can come and fix. It's the "Add a note" link in the bottom right corner. (The bridge has been removed now, by the way.)

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by skriticos2 » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

So what's next? A camera drone quadrocopter flies out and updates street view once something notable changes? That would be classy.

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:21 PM UTC

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Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by hackmiester » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:22 PM UTC

If I zoom out, I don't see it: http://puu.sh/3081u.png

But at the default zoom level, I do see it: http://puu.sh/30828.png

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by tobinfricke » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:27 PM UTC

This is a more popular story than the fact that the bridge collapsed in the first place?

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by ankit84 » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:30 PM UTC

I am a mapmaker editor and I have seen my changes instantaneously get published to prod/GoogleMaps for everyone to consume over Internet. I think this depends on how mature the editor is.

Btw, there are plenty of nerdy ppl to correct the web. Ref: http://xkcd.com/386/

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by michaelochurch » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:31 PM UTC

Apparently Google is quick to respond to infrastructural failures.

So why didn't it remove calibration scores, and convert the Perf Room to something fun like an arcade (well, it already is a casino, so maybe something else) many years ago?

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by freehunter » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:32 PM UTC

tobinfricke wrote: post #16

This is a more popular story than the fact that the bridge collapsed in the first place?

I hadn't heard this story previously, so I was not sure what happened. I guess we're on the wrong site to get general news, of course a tech story would be ranked higher :)

Re: Google Maps has removed the collapsed I-5 bridge in WA

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Post by claudius » Fri, May 24, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

hackmiester wrote: post #15

If I zoom out, I don't see it: http://puu.sh/3081u.png But at the default zoom level, I do see it: http://puu.sh/30828.png

If you zoom it, it appears somewhat dotted/dashed. Maybe for ‘planned’/‘currently being built’?