{"id":15673,"date":"2010-11-12T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T22:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=15673"},"modified":"2010-11-19T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T21:47:55","slug":"google-misplaces-cn-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/12\/google-misplaces-cn-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Google misplaces CN Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15675\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/11\/12\/google-misplaces-cn-tower\/cn-tower\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15675\" title=\"Cabbagetown CN Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/cn-tower-e1289600750659.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems that search engine superpower and go-to map company Google has had some problems arranging Toronto lately, with the city\u2019s most iconic building and way-finding tool being inappropriately placed in Cabbagetown. Searchers can find the CN Tower listed twice, once in its actual location, and once more with the postal code M4X 1G7.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While no reports have surfaced yet of confused tourists standing at the corner of Wellesley and Parliament, in light of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/37453662\/\">one woman\u2019s recent lawsuit against Google for wrong directions<\/a>, local residents should keep in mind that it might be a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Old Cabbagetown BIA Co-ordinator Doug Fisher doesn\u2019t mind all that much. \u201cIt\u2019s about time we got some of those attractions here,\u201d he said with a laugh when told about the Tower\u2019s presence in his neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Google Maps has messed up Toronto, or even Wellesley Street for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>For months Google\u2019s view of Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2010\/11\/wellesley_street_gets_its_name_back\/\">inappropriately had Wellesley Street named as Lourdes Lane<\/a>,\u00a0the name of a much smaller laneway one block north of the main artery, with the correct naming only being replaced sometime this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Google has also misplaced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?rlz=1C1SNNS_enCA405CA405&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=silverthorn+toronto\">Silverthorn neighbourhood<\/a> in the city\u2019s north end, wrongly attributing the name to another unnamed area, much to the chagrin of the real neighbourhood\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n<p>One possibility is that Google inserted the mistakes as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bldgblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/trap-rooms.html\">trap streets<\/a>&#8221; and trap landmarks,\u00a0a tool used by cartographers to better copyright their materials and safeguard against theft. By inserting small mistakes into their maps, a cartographer can know when a competitor has stolen his or her hard work.<\/p>\n<p>Google and TeleAtlas, the company that provides Google with its mapping information, have corrected other small Toronto mistakes in the past, so regular users can keep a close eye on Toronto to see if any other changes take place to the city&#8217;s online effigy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that search engine superpower and go-to map company Google has had some problems arranging Toronto lately, with the city\u2019s most iconic building and way-finding tool being inappropriately placed in Cabbagetown. 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