Why are google maps displayed incorrectly?

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Why are creeks often displayed on Google Maps where there is no apparent creek?

Frequently I'll notice that, in the "Map" view of Google Maps, creeks show up flowing here and there. However, when you switch to Satellite view, you'll find no such creek. Sometimes you'll see a clearing where it's entirely possible that their...

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Google doesn't really produce it's own datasets to produce google maps. They either get the information...

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Yes, see Google Places for Business.  You may also want to look at Google Sites for creating a mobile...

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Why aren't the "web" and "images" etc links on Google displayed on my page?

When I search for something in Google and the page of results are displayed, there are no the links at the top saying "web, images, videos, maps, shopping" etc. Does anyone ...show more

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I don't know why but I have an idea why. The administrators working for Google must be stupid, that...

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Offline maps with custom POIs for iPod Touch/iPhone?

Offline maps for the iPod Touch/iPhone, and custom points of interest (POIs). Is there any software that can do this? I'm looking for a piece of software, or some hack for existing software, that will let me 1) view offline maps stored locally on my...

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I use MotionX GPS on my iPhone, and it may go part of the way to what you want, if I understand you...

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Has Google solved the "We currently do not support this location" problem, and if so, how do businesses use that solution?

A small businesses that I help had their Places page disappear. Simultaneously, their Google Adwords campaign clicks and costs spiked, but their business from online has declined.  Going into Places and checking returns the "We currently do not...

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Currently the two available solutions to the problem are: 1. Poke the listing by making a 0 edit on...

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Why doesn't google link to images.google.com in it's navbar?

news.google.com, maps.google.com, docs.google.com all use the subdomain to display contents and are displayed as such in the navbar in google homepage. I expected images.google.com to be used as link but the one mentioned is www.google.com/imghp? Anyone...

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The short answer is that it is faster. Each subdomain of a domain could point to a different server...

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Google Maps Bounds and Zoom

Google maps KML zoom and centering: I need to inventory a variety of polygons and points on a single map, some from a database and some from KML files. Can you help point me in the right direction? I have a home-grown CMS with some limited Google map...

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This question might find a lot more audience at http://gis.stackexchange.com/

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Is there a way to display street names of foreign countries in English when using Google Maps?

I am using Google Maps and searching for streets in Thailand. Unfortunately the street names are displayed in Thai language, not English. Is there a way to view them in English?

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You don't translate street names, do you?

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How do I add my village in Google maps?

My village is in a remote area and i can't seem to add its name , other even smaller villages get displayed on google maps

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If you know the longitude and latitude of your village you may be able to add it that way, google maps...

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What are some of the different algorithmically challenging problems with well defined solutions used in the companies like Facebook and Google?

We learn a lot of Algorithms from textbooks and other sources. But a vast majority of problems encountered in real world that have well defined solutions are easily recognized. For example: Finding a shortest path from a source to destination in Google...

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Some problems that may appear in the industry. Airplane ticket pricing: Given a large set of historical...

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