Comments on: Simple Online Form For Creating An Embeddable Google Map http://freegeographytools.com/2008/simple-online-form-for-creating-an-embeddable-google-map Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:05:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Leszek Pawlowicz http://freegeographytools.com/2008/simple-online-form-for-creating-an-embeddable-google-map/comment-page-1#comment-949 Leszek Pawlowicz Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:33:29 +0000 http://freegeographytools.com/2008/simple-online-form-for-creating-an-embeddable-google-map#comment-949 The error in this case doesn't appear to come from Google's end - if I enter the restaurant's address directly into Google Maps, it plots it in the right location. YourMap is likely using a different geocoding service. The error in this case doesn’t appear to come from Google’s end – if I enter the restaurant’s address directly into Google Maps, it plots it in the right location. YourMap is likely using a different geocoding service.

]]> By: Frank Taylor http://freegeographytools.com/2008/simple-online-form-for-creating-an-embeddable-google-map/comment-page-1#comment-950 Frank Taylor Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://freegeographytools.com/2008/simple-online-form-for-creating-an-embeddable-google-map#comment-950 Did you know in Google Maps you can now correct the geocoding location by clicking on the placemarks, choosing "Edit" and "Move Marker"? If you move more the 200 meters, it takes a while to correct (someone has to check it). But, if you move it less than that, it corrects immediately. Google is using crowd sourcing to get corrections made to geocode/search results in Maps now. Here's a link to the announcement at Google: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/11/think-globally-mark-locally.html Did you know in Google Maps you can now correct the geocoding location by clicking on the placemarks, choosing “Edit” and “Move Marker”? If you move more the 200 meters, it takes a while to correct (someone has to check it). But, if you move it less than that, it corrects immediately.

Google is using crowd sourcing to get corrections made to geocode/search results in Maps now.

Here’s a link to the announcement at Google:

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/11/think-globally-mark-locally.html

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