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Re:The Huge, Unseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @03:53AM (#8721737)
I totally agree, and yes please answer these questions, as I'd be interested to know the differences in quality among the respective teams, their methods for evaluating edits and how they perceive each other.

Right now you can use Google Maps on your phone to add a missing place. This place will be approved (usually within an hour) by an Anonymous account bearing the "G" logo. Now while the POI may not display unless you are actively searching for the place or it's specific category, it will still appear on the map. This makes it even easier to crowd the map with useless information. I am sure it's an insult to those who painstakingly edit the map in MM with accurate information, only to be denied be an LE who knows nothing, and then seeing the useless entries like people's houses and spam get added immediately. What is Google's reasoning behind this?

Why only google? is that the only search engine that displays those links?
Re:There's A Gold-Dispensing ATM on West 57th Street on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @07:03AM (#7877312)
There's been one at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi for a while now...I have seen people using it.
Re:Twitter's Paper Millionaires May Want to Get Out ASAP on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:17AM (#7041922)
The term "paper millionaire" means exactly as it sounds - someone who is a millionaire, but strictly on paper.

Most of the shares these Twitter employees have received cannot be sold until a certain amount of time. So the money is "on paper". They don't millions of dollars in their bank accounts - rather, they simply owns shares that are worth a million dollars.

Re:Why are there so many tunnels under London? on Sunday December 01, 2013 @05:16AM (#6826775)
I don't know about 'too old', but it is old. It states in the article that..." the London Underground, opened in the city 150 years ago.:

The county I am living in currently, will be celebrating only its 42 birthday tomorrow...think about it.