Google Maps

[Midtown Urbanist]

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.

Amazon Location – Add Maps and Location Awareness to Your Applications | Amazon Web Services

We want to make it easier and more cost-effective for you to add maps, location awareness, and other location-based features to your web and mobile applications. Until now, doing this has been somewhat complex and expensive, and also tied you to the business and programming models of a single...

aws.amazon.com

I presume this will provide competition to Google and Apple in the coming years.

 

[nfitz]

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!

Agenda Item History - 2021.MM30.21

 

[Johnny Au]

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!

Agenda Item History - 2021.MM30.21

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The equivalent on OpenStreetMaps is much more accurate, despite the entire website being completely user-sourced.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

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.

 

[Northern Light]

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.

 

[Johnny Au]

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.

 

[DSC]

Some parts of Toronto (including much of downtown) could do with a refresh on Streetview. Many areas are still 2021 and several only up to 2019. How often do they usually do updates?

 

[ImmenselyMental]

Some parts of Toronto (including much of downtown) could do with a refresh on Streetview. Many areas are still 2021 and several only up to 2019. How often do they usually do updates?

I noticed earlier today that Google just updated its imagery for Bloor Street (west of Bay) in Yorkville to July 2024. The previous imagery for Bloor Street dates to September 2023, and before that June 2021.

Street View · Google Maps

Explore a place in a more immersive way in Google Maps.

www.google.com

Anyways, given Toronto's size, they only update certain areas at a time as it would be difficult to traverse every road in the city in a short time. That being said, if the Street View imagery only goes up to 2019, it most likely does not accurately represent the area today. Based on the updates for Bloor Street, it appears they update Street View imagery at irregular intervals.