Data Problems > Terrain Errors

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PROBLEM SAMPLES:

---- Urban mountains



---- Oceanic mountains



---- Bumpy airport runways





---- Terrain holes



---- Lengthy ditches along lines of latitude or longitude



---- Lake surfaces above or below correct elevation

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Data Problems > Place Names (Toponomy)

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The number of entries in this category has gown too large to list in this posting, but they are all in the accompanying file.

We illustrate the types of problems which have been found:

• BAD METADATA
  
  
  
  
• MISLOCATIONS
  
  
  
  
• NAME or SPELLING
  
  
  
  
• PLACES TO REMOVE
  
  
  

Data Problems > Place Names (Toponomy) > Country Errors
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This category has been combined with others into Place Names

Data Problems > Place Names (Toponomy) > Capital Errors
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This category has been combined with others into Place Names

Data Problems > Place Names (Toponomy) > State-Province Errors
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This category has been combined with others into Place Names

Data Problems > Place Names (Toponomy) > City & Town Errors
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This category has been combined with others into Place Names

For increased simplicity, this category has been moved to "Blemishes > Swaths"

Data Problems > Border & Coastline Problems

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BORDERS

• Ceuta & Melilla borders (3813)
  
• Chilean-Argentine border Dispute (529241) and Villa O'Higgins
  
• Estonia - Piiriissaare [Пиириссаара] (3694)
  
• Indonesia - False 1st admin border (3788)
  
• Mali-Mauritania broken border (644081)
  
• Netherlands - Gronigen-Drenthe border (644120)
  
• In the Spring of 2006, the border/boundary mechanisms were changed to a low resolution US-Canadian border, which is wrong by a mile is some places. We show such an area at the "triple point" of Quebec, New Hampshire, and Vermont. See Official Canada-USA Boundaries for an accurate downloadable border.
  
  
  
  
• The previously missing Nunavut Canada boundaries are now supplied with Google Earth, but they differ in details from THIS POSTING which provides a downloadable file. The file contains a link to the legal definition from the Nunavut Planning Commission.

COASTLINES

• Coastlines changed the way they are displayed north of 81� 33' 50" N and south of 81� 33' 50" S, shown in the attached file. These boundaries were moved towards the poles in Spring 2006. The coastlines are now displayed in the following peculiar ways:
  
  With a minimal window size (820 x 470)
  ---- towards the nearby pole at altitudes of 10-200 and above 800 kilometers
  ---- towards the equator at altitudes of 10-40 and above 200 kilometers
  
  With a large window size (for example, 1800 x 1440)
  ---- towards the nearby pole at altitudes of 30-300 and above 2000 kilometers
  ---- towards the equator at altitudes of 30-100 and above 600 kilometers
  
  Because coastlines are are narrow yellow lines, they are almost invisible in polar ice-covered regions.
  
  
  
  
• 617779 US Kingman Reef coastline seems to be a GIF extracted from the CIA Factbook map, and it is 12 times too large. The most accurate map available online appears to be from US Fish & Wildlife. We provide a corrected coastline based on the CIA map, which may be used by anyone without attribution. 12 January 2006
  
  
  
  The original data error appears to come from the USGS Data.
  
  
  

Data Problems > Other Layers Problems

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The number of these problems has grown too large for listing in this posting. However, they are all in the downloadable file.

• 3D Buildings
  
• World Wildlife Fund
  
• borders - Islands, 1st Level Admin Names
  
• Dining
  
• Lodging
  
• Google Earth Community
  
• Shopping - Grocery Stores, Banks & ATMs
  
• Transportation - Airports, Railroads, Subways
  
  
• Geographihc Features - Waters
  
  
• Parks & Recereation - Parks, USA national parks, Sports venues, Golf,
  
• Community Services - Schools, Places of Worship, Fire, Hospitals
  
• US Government - Postal codes
  

MULTIPLE LAYERS
PaginasAmarillas.es provided the data for many layers in Spain for both Google Earth and Maps. The layers of concern are Dining, Community Services, Lodging, Shopping & Services, and Transportation. We show areas of placemarks which are displaced into the ocean, and the town in which they should be located.

Canary Islands
---- Fuerteventura, Puerto de la Pe�a (1.5 kilometers west) and Puerto del Rosario (3,000 kilometers north, and 245 kilometers northwest of Ireland, noted by Noel_B, 20 June 2007)



---- Gomera, San Sebasti�n (3 kilometers east)
---- Gran Canaria, Las Palmas (four areas 5 to 50 kilometers east)
---- Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz (360 kilometers east)

Miscellaneous Spanish locations can also be found about 500 kilometers south of the C�te d'Ivoire