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Google Maps

So Amazon has dropped it's proprietary mapping API to the public in preview form. It had already been in development and use internally to support Amazon's logistics and deliveries, but it looks as though they're making the move to make it eventually publicly available to web and mobile platforms and applications.


I presume this will provide competition to Google and Apple in the coming years.
 
One of the problems in Google being user-sourced is information is often wrong. Take their definition of East York. Which while it has some resemblance to the old Borough of East York, has some bizarre differences - such as showing much of the area south of Danforth and east of Woodbine as being East York. But houses on the south side of Sammon as not being East York!

And now, there's a motion because of that in front of council ... to improve their own mapping, and contact Google to fix their mapping!

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One of the problems in Google being user-sourced is information is often wrong. Take their definition of East York. Which while it has some resemblance to the old Borough of East York, has some bizarre differences - such as showing much of the area south of Danforth and east of Woodbine as being East York. But houses on the south side of Sammon as not being East York!

And now, there's a motion because of that in front of council ... to improve their own mapping, and contact Google to fix their mapping!

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The equivalent on OpenStreetMaps is much more accurate, despite the entire website being completely user-sourced.
 
East York is such a bizarre geographic entity in Toronto.

Leaside is more connected to Midtown.
Thorncliffe Park is more connected to Flemingdon Park.
The rest of East York is more connected to the east end neighbourhoods on the Danforth and to the south.
 
East York is such a bizarre geographic entity in Toronto.

Leaside is more connected to Midtown.
Thorncliffe Park is more connected to Flemingdon Park.
The rest of East York is more connected to the east end neighbourhoods on the Danforth and to the south.

Leaside was amalgamated into East York, in 1967, prior to that it was its own Town.
 
East York is such a bizarre geographic entity in Toronto.

Leaside is more connected to Midtown.
Thorncliffe Park is more connected to Flemingdon Park.
The rest of East York is more connected to the east end neighbourhoods on the Danforth and to the south.
Leaside was amalgamated into East York, in 1967, prior to that it was its own Town.
Things were different in 1967 when Leaside was more connected to East York than to Midtown.

It's only more recently did Leaside became more connected to Midtown.
 

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