Comments on: Google Maps City Center

By: ana

ana — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:59:47 +0000

In Shanghai, google points a place near Xintiandi (a fancy chic neighbourhood), but i don’t know if there is some sort of government building there to justify that.
Quite far from what i would consider the city center, People’s Square.

By: Mauricio!

Mauricio! — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:44:57 +0000

I must be honest this was a seemingly uber-ridiculous post…but your explanation is spot on. Thanks for bringing this up I never though about the idea that your local listing’s proximity to the city center could be so skewed…so is this is a good time to bend the truth and ‘move’ your HQ just a bit closer to the city center?

By: Mário Nogueira

Mário Nogueira — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:59:23 +0000

Couldn’t it be marking the original city center, something like the spot where the city has begun?

By: João Ramos

João Ramos — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:19:01 +0000

And what about maps.google vs maps.live location?
Perhaps Marques do Pombal is more Lisbon Center?
Or perhaps they love roundabouts, because in Rome is on the Piazza della Repubblica, which in fact is very central, but I don’t know if it would be the center of Rome.

By: Armando Alves

Armando Alves — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:05:57 +0000

You’re right about Madrid. The statue is a bear, as far as i recall.
But as many things Google, no one knows how these rankings are determined. And even to foreigners visiting Lisbon, I would choose Rossio as a more appropriate place.

By: Sérgio Santos

Sérgio Santos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:42:18 +0000

Just a little thought on the Madrid map, Puerta del Sol is really considered the city center, and it even has a statue to mark the stop.

On the other cases, the center seems to be either a generally accepted “city center” or just the most familiar/famous place to foreigners (like in the Lisbon case).