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Podcast: Google Maps Changes US Base Data, Adds Parcels and Crowdsourcing

This past week Google prompted a flurry of discussion by announcing some changes to its data and functionality in Google Maps. There's new data and new feedback tools and some anxiety in the geospatial world. Our editors separate fact from fiction and offer our take on the implications of these changes.

Video: Google Maps and Parcel Geocoding

In early October 2009 Google made some changes to the data and functionality of Google Maps. In this short video, Adena Schutzberg looks at what she found about changes in geocoding related to parcel data appearing in some areas in the United States. She also looks at the currency of street data and points of interest and Google's tools for reporting problems.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH

Stephen Von Worley's Where the Buffalo Roamed map visualizes the distance to the nearest McDonald's from anywhere in the "Lower 48" states. The idea behind the map is to show "just how far away can you get from our world of generic convenience," according to Von Worley's blog post. Copyright Stephen Von Worley. Click for larger image.

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