Offensive names dot the American street map—a new app provides a way to track them
The newly released street names app from STNAMES LAB allows people to do that. Fed with Open Street Map data, it lets users ...
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Interactive Map Tells Stories Behind Co-Named Streets
Diana Ross. Run DMC. What do they have in common? Each of these celebrities has a New York City Street or playground named after them. Now you can find where each of their eponymous spots are, thanks ...
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NYC unveils interactive map of streets and intersections honoring local legends
People can explore the stories behind New York City's named sites with a new mobile-friendly tool one lawmaker describes as ...
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Map shows street co-names
You’ve got Paul A. Vallone Way, at the corner of 32nd Avenue and 157th Street in Flushing, co-named last month for the late councilman, family man, political scion and superfan ...
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“Why don’t we have more streets named after women in London?”
According to a survey carried out by MapBox in 2015, about 27.5% of street names in big cities – such as Paris, Mumbai, New Delhi and San Francisco – are named after women. And in London ...
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It can take years for Google Maps to update certain features - here's how they get the data to update Street View, traffic, and more
Insider reached out to Google to ask how often they update five major Google Maps features: Street View, satellite images, street names and routes, business names and information, and traffic and ...