Place is not represented well in google maps, places, check in. No icon for place and no details like customer review.

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Sep 5, 2012, 5:59:22 AM9/5/12

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I made an entry for cafe named “London Pub”, located in Vršac, Serbia. http://goo.gl/5n6Mg

After cafe was entered as main category and “London Pub” as name, I made a shape for building. The cafe uses whole building.

But this cafe was not represented by google maps in the same way as other cafes in the town. This cafe exists in google maps (it is displayed), but there is no icon for symbolic representation, it can’t be clicked for selection, it can only be searched via search bar, and there is no option to make a review or see more data as telephone number etc. http://goo.gl/maps/nAH6B The problem exists in my android phone as well. In applications like Places, Chack it looks like this place does not exist at all.

But for example nearby cafe “Caffe Raffaello” http://goo.gl/maps/jrNjz is linked well. It could be selected on map by click, searched as cafe in places, Check in, etc.

I made a lot of effort in trying to find out what could be a problem. From my point of view building shape could be a problem. POI’s with boundary or POI’s without shape at all seems to be better recognized by google maps. I was able to find several places marked as building with same problem.