“Our broadband maps are terrible,” said Jessica Rosenworcel, the agency’s acting chair. By far the most commonly used maps are those on smartphones, with apps like Google Maps and Apple Maps now essential for daily navigation. With no room on digital maps for annotations or explanation, the names and borders appear as fact. Google Maps includes listings for millions of fake businesses. As an experiment some years ago, I incorrectly placed the location of a former employer in downtown San Francisco on Google Maps — where it remains.

Source: bd News24 September 27, 2021 03:11 UTC