Different Data: maps.google.com versus Maps API

[Philip Thomas]

Although my client has corrected some of their building data in maps.google.com, inaccurate data is still displaying using the Google Maps API. This doesn't make sense because both maps are coming from Google's data set (and not Tele Atlas or NAVTEQ).

maps.google.com

Google Maps API

Does anyone have any insight into why this would be happening?

[geoco...@gmail.com]

On Nov 15, 9:52 am, Philip Thomas <pingpongp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Although my client has corrected some of their building data in
> maps.google.com, inaccurate data is still displaying using the Google
> Maps API. This doesn't make sense because both maps are coming from
> Google's data set (and not Tele Atlas or NAVTEQ).
>
> maps.google.com
>

> Google Maps API

>
> Does anyone have any insight into why this would be happening?

Where there supposed to be links? If so, they didn't make it to the
groups interface:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_frm/thread/732f2a51f0f4d38d#

Whether it makes sense or not, the API and maps.google.com use
different geocoders, and maps.google.com uses other data as well
(local search).

-- Larry

[Philip Thomas]

Sorry, Larry, I linked to two images that didn't make it:

maps.google.com
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_g-guEkaskhs/TOFx26Na5ZI/AAAAAAAAAR8/q2pmDxeHcRo/maps-google-com.gif

Google Maps API
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_g-guEkaskhs/TOFyV46W5kI/AAAAAAAAASQ/FwSkiI17CqM/google-maps-api.gif

I would include links but there is no public link to the second map. Based on what you said, I guess all of the information included in maps.google.com could be local information that is not being supplied to the Google Maps API. Do you know of a way to correct location data that will affect both?

Thanks for your reply!