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October 27th, 2014, 04:13 PM
#1
Is it just me or are the borders of Algonquin park slightly off on google maps?
When I go to maps.google.com the borders of Algonquin appear wavy (see here for example). Now on Google earth its straight. I've also walked the park border and it's more or less straight. Seems to me that these wavy lines are off by about 100m.
Is this a new thing? Any ideas why this is?
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October 27th, 2014 04:13 PM
# ADS
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October 27th, 2014, 04:19 PM
#2
Those boundaries look about right to me.
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October 27th, 2014, 04:20 PM
#3
I've found places where the marked boundaries are about by about 75m according to GPS - where there is a specific identifiable feature.
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October 27th, 2014, 04:34 PM
#4
Those boundaries look about right to me.
Not in the link I posted, they are in a straight line in that area
I've found places where the marked boundaries are about by about 75m according to GPS - where there is a specific identifiable feature.
Yes, exactly. It seems weird that they are off, being that alot of people use them for an aerial reference.
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October 28th, 2014, 07:17 AM
#5
google maps is more of quantity over quality.
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October 28th, 2014, 08:17 AM
#6

Originally Posted by
pand
google maps is more of quantity over quality.
Google maps should never be taken as "dead-on" accurate. Some show eastern boundaries as extending to the west shores of Hay and Cranberry Lakes in Clyde and Bruton townships which is completely inaccurate. Those boundaries are still where they always have been, for decades. Nothing has changed......yet,until the The Algonquin Land Claim is finalized.
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October 29th, 2014, 01:33 PM
#7
Yea, thought so. I use my own waypoints and landmarks, but I have been consulting different map sources to better see the geography and thought it was odd