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Re: As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume

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Post by Rebelgecko » Fri, Aug 03, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

nixpulvis wrote: post #125

Rebelgecko wrote: post #119

It's hard to say what makes a neighborhood nickname "real", but when I use Google to search for one of the "neighborhoods" near me and the first results is a forum discussion of "what the hell is in Google maps, and why is it centered in swampland?"... then it's probably not a "real" area

I think there's an important distinction between searching for a "nickname" and showing lines on the map.

Yeah, the 2 particular neighborhoods near me are ones that don't draw the bounds when you click on them in Google maps. Its a little annoying because it covers up map space that could be better utilized. But it would also be funny if a neighborhood name last used on streetcar timetables 100 years ago made a resurgence because Google maps happened to slurp up the right (or wrong) database of location names.

Re: As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume

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Post by romwell » Sat, Aug 04, 2018, 12:21 AM UTC

dvtv75 wrote: post #201

slavik81 wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I realise it could be a problem if words become unrecognised, but there's already a few spelling variations among neighbours. People are flexible. Heck, they can understand eevn wehn yuo wrte lkie tihs. You say tomato; I say tomato.

> Heck, they can understand eevn wehn yuo wrte lkie tihs. Not aywlas. I keep sineeg tihs, and ftnrqleeuy fnid mlesyf nidneeg to dcgrusaioe (or at lesat cllhgeane) the ptsooiin. For slaml wdros it can wrok, but I fnid tihs is iltnrheeny dcfuliift (and dnniirag, as wlel as fttrrnsaiug!) to raed, and dns'eot slace to let you raed in a ceorneht fhisoan oevr a ranblaosee poierd wtih mtlui-sllibyac wrods. Iiagnme a cueopmt…

Descrambled:

> Not always. I keep seeing this, and frequently find myself needing to discourage (or at least challenge) the position. For small words it can work, but I find this is inherently difficult (and draining, as well as frustrating!) to read, and doesn't scale to let you read in a coherent fashion over a reasonable period with multi-syllabic words.

Imagine a computer science or psychology text displayed or organized this way. It would be unintelligible, or at the very best a suboptimal method of transferring large quantities of information accurately.

But if you're going to mess up words and claim readability, why not take out spaces and see how you might fare?

Or scramble words in sentences without spaces, too?

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Quite readable. Cant' vouch for spelling mistakes, or lack thereof :)

Re: As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume

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Post by dvtv75 » Sun, Aug 05, 2018, 11:39 PM UTC

romwell wrote: post #222

dvtv75 wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Heck, they can understand eevn wehn yuo wrte lkie tihs. Not aywlas. I keep sineeg tihs, and ftnrqleeuy fnid mlesyf nidneeg to dcgrusaioe (or at lesat cllhgeane) the ptsooiin. For slaml wdros it can wrok, but I fnid tihs is iltnrheeny dcfuliift (and dnniirag, as wlel as fttrrnsaiug!) to raed, and dns'eot slace to let you raed in a ceorneht fhisoan oevr a ranblaosee poierd wtih mtlui-sllibyac wrods. Iiagnme a cueopmt…

Descrambled: > Not always. I keep seeing this, and frequently find myself needing to discourage (or at least challenge) the position. For small words it can work, but I find this is inherently difficult (and draining, as well as frustrating!) to read, and doesn't scale to let you read in a coherent fashion over a reasonable period with multi-syllabic words. Imagine a computer science or psychology text displayed or o…

You've given me quite a chuckle - I'm glad someone took the time, given how long I put into it :)