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How Do I Go About Getting Google, Yahoo Etc Maps to Delete a Street That Doesn't Exist?

Every time I look on these online maps, they show a road that doesn't exist cutting straight through our property. We get quite a few turnarounds here from people who think our dead-end road goes through to another road. I assure them they have reached private property, but it keeps happening and these maps show a public road through our private land. How can I contact them and get them to change this on their maps?

Update:

I submitted a form to Google concerning this and received an automated response that told me nothing, in effect. The process for Google Maps Help appears to be geared to serving businesses and those who advertise with Google and not country yokels like me. I suppose the big DEAD END sign is my best option.

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  • Terryc
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Put up a very big "No Through Road" sign with another one saying "Your navigation system has a wrong map, get a refund"

    Basically, you can not get it changed. The road probably exists in some subdivision plan somewhere that was used to enter the data to provide the basis for the maps.

    Alternatively, someone has made a mistake, but it will take time to come through and those old maps will still be out there.

    If you were in Australia, you should talk to your local council as they will be the original source of the data that was amalgamated to create the maps. They approve sub-divisions, then enter it into their GIS system, then pass it onto the service providers like electrictiy, water, sewerage, etc.

    Note, Google Earth was using some road data in Sydney, Australia that was at least 15 years old. It was so out of place that I recognised the data set.

    Lastly, your non-existent road may have been deliberately entered to catch people who copy the data. A lot of street directories (including online) have deliberate mistakes for this purpose.

    Google, etc maps of our local train station show a road crossing across the line that has not existed for 15 years.

    Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is the terms and conditions page of Google

    http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html

    http://maps.google.com/help/legalnotices_maps.html

    http://maps.google.com/help/photospolicy_maps.html

    http://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html

    http://www.google.com/maps_dmca.html

    Check and try conatcting google...meanwhile i too wil try and get a mail ID for the same.

    The data is also Satellite images, which can be old too...

    Do rate if it helped

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