http://gizmodo.com/5650034/if-a-city-disappears-from-google-maps-does-it-still-exist?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/9038870.stm
Sunrise, Florida could give their best guess. For about a month the city could not be found on google maps, and this isn't the first time this has happened, apparently Sunrise has disappeared from google maps 3 different times. The article states that if you searched for a plumber in sunrise you got nothing and a search for a florist yielded results all the way in Sarasota, FL 200 miles away. Businesses suffered to say the least. But as soon as google put them back on the map, business was booming again.
This article amazed me when I first read it. How is it possible that an entire has been looked over by google. I myself have come to know google as the know all for everything especially addresses and businesses around town. If I can't find it on google I am not going.
This makes me wonder what else is left off of a google map??? Also people always dog on wikipedia as not being a credible source, but when people dont use it they simply "google it". The thing is the generally uneducated population will probably rely on the first 5 sites if that to provide them with information. How credible is this information? For a lot of things it really isn't that big of a deal, but for some you could only imagine the implications.
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