question about street names, Google Maps and city planning departments

[steve2470]

I'm putting this here because it feels too trivial for GD.

The street I live on is called Blah Blah X (in all the records I have and by my post office). However, Google Maps and my city planning department call it Blah Blah Y. Do city planning departments ever put out bad maps and make mistakes like this ? I can't blame Google Maps if the city got it wrong.

Anyone know ? Thanks in advance.


Steve

[bluedigger]

1. The short answer is yes.

I have a friend who does GIS for a large city in the South. His whole job is updating and correcting city maps. Anything done by humans is subject to error. Does your street change from blah blah x to blah blah y down the road a piece?

[steve2470]

6. no, the name stays consistent with Blah Blah X all the way down

I also just checked the post office website again at this url: https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction_input

I already know my zip code but when I type in my entire address without the zipcode, it does not correct me. All my mail is delivered to Blah Blah X. I would think the Post Office would have corrected me and others by now.

[bluedigger]

8. Probably Google's error then.

Are you a homeowner? Have you checked your mortgage/deed? I've done a lot of title research for historical purposes, and you find some weird shit if you go back far enough some times.

[steve2470]

9. hm, good question, I'd have to go dig it up

The street signs outside all say Blah Blah X. To me, if the street signs say X, the city is wrong. We'll see, I asked the city.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Are there multiple streets in your city called "Blah Blah X"? They might be using...

"Blah Blah Y" to avoid an ambiguity.

Alternately, is "Blah Blah Y" the historical name for your street which got changed many years ago
but is still used internally by the city?

[steve2470]

11. Not aware of multiple streets, no.

My street is only 33 years old, so I'm thinking it's human error at the planning department. Maybe the developer changed his/her mind at the last moment, I don't know how these things work exactly.

[MedusaX]

2. Yep. Many times the street names change slightly from the initially submitted info you can update

The google map.

Directions..........

1. Sign in to your Gmail or Google account
(If you don't have a Gmail or Google account, you can create one for free).

2. Visit: https://www.google.com/maps/d/

3. Click the blue "Create a new map" button


4. Search for your address using the incorrect street name.

Google Maps will drop a green pin where it thinks your address is.

You can then find the exact location of your neighborhood by clicking and dragging.

You can zoom by clicking the “+” and “-” in the lower right of the screen.





5. Once you locate your residence's location,
* select the "pin" from the tool bar... (it looks like a balloon)
And
* drop/ place it on your residence location.




6. Type your CORRECT address in the pop-up window,
then click the blue "Save" button.




7. Once your address has been added to the map,
select "Legend" from the toolbar
Then
click on the "Share" button in the upper left corner of the screen.



8. A pop-up window will appear. You can click "OK",
and this will take you to the Sharing settings window.




9. Another pop-up window will appear.
Click on the blue link that says "Change…" located to the right of
"Private - Only you can access"




10. Select
"Public on the web," then click "Save"




11. This will take you back to the Sharing settings window.

Copy the url and then select the menu (3 horizontal bars) in the top left corner of the google.com/maps page

Select 'send feedback'

Paste the url into the feedback area and add a request to have the map updated with the correct street name.


Hope this helps!

[steve2470]

5. thanks for the info, I also submitted some edits to Google Maps, we'll see! nt

[TexasProgresive]

3. All the online maps call a state highway near me, "County Line Road"

It's real name is "Old San Antonio Rd" or OSR. I have never seen it called "County Line Rd" on any paper map. It does divided 2 sets of counties from one another, but I have never heard it called that. The old people, most of whom have passed on called it "King's Highway" because it was El Camino Real.

[steve2470]

7. I've also noticed that on online maps! nt

[Freddie]

4. There's a street in my town called "Ronald Reagan Drive"

Unfortunately it's correct

[politicat]

12. Yes, mistakes get made, and sometimes the post office disagrees with the true name.

I live on East Mountain Drive (disguised, but it's a direction and an object, and it's named after a local land formation). That's what our deed says, what the street sign says, and what the original land form is.

The PO insists it's E Mountain and refuses to recognize anything else.

Previously, we lived on the northern most end of West Township street. (Again disguised, but division of the road that lead to a specific part of another town.) The PO said that one was N West Township.

So yes, there can be inconsistencies. Then when you add in municipalities renaming sections of road in their area -- it's Main Street in one town, then Martin Luther King Parkway in the next, then Ronald Reagan in the next, and the state calls it Highway 38507 -- it's a lot like our city planners subscribe to the magical concept of Logos, and if anyone knows the True Name of the crossroads, they'll exert diabolical control over all who pass through.

My spouse has a problem with directions -- he often believes his mental map is better than it is. He is the only person I know who can get lost following his GPS directions, in part because we have one of those many-named streets and he over-interprets the GPS.

[steve2470]

15. thanks, good info to have! nt

[blogslut]

13. Google Maps has me living in an unincorporated community just outside the city.

I've decided to find it hilarious.

[steve2470]

14. wow that's a big mistake, glad it's funny :)) nt

[steve2470]

16. end of the saga, for anyone who still cares :p

From my city planning department:

QUOTE

Good morning,

The streets within your complex are private streets, so the HOA can choose what to name them. Looking at the property appraiser map, (Blah Blah X) is listed for the apartments and (Blah Blah Y) is listed for the clubhouse. The City can work with (redacted) County to unify the street names on the maps, but what does your street sign say, if there is one?

UNQUOTE


So that's the answer. Weird that the clubhouse, which is ON Blah Blah X, would have Blah Blah Y as an address.