Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56
Post Number: 836 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 3:17 pm: | |
Don't know if if anyone noticed this before, but Google Maps has started displaying the names of the various Detroit neighborhoods (East English Village, Boston Edison, Chandler Park, Woodbridge, etc). Now we can all put a name with a place. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF 8&ll=42.350108,-83.047199&spn= 0.044022,0.083857&t=h&z=14 |
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior
Post Number: 154 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 3:19 pm: | |
i just noticed it earlier today-- pretty cool. |
Detroitred Member Username: Detroitred
Post Number: 23 Registered: 02-2009
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 3:56 pm: | |
Check out maps.live.com It's better than Google Maps for aerial photography (at this time) and the "Birds Eye View" is awesome. Doesn't have those neighborhood names, but the birds eye is worth it. |
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 1345 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 5:51 pm: | |
Google added the neighborhood names a couple weeks ago, along with clickable bus stops that show route names and departure times. Still no street view for most of the east side, or much of anything north of the Davison and east of the Lodge. Google knew which neighborhoods were where long before they added the labels, though. You could type in, for example, "East English Village Detroit" and it would take you to East English Village. Now that they have the labels, I'm noticing that there are a lot of neighborhood names I've never heard of. I know there have been a number of threads on here about neighborhood names, and I don't remember some of Google's names appearing in any of those discussions. I wonder what resources they used. (Message edited by bearinabox on March 24, 2009) |
Dtowncitylover Member Username: Dtowncitylover
Post Number: 529 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 5:55 pm: | |
http://www.cityscapedetroit.or g/Detroit_neighborhoods.html This could be a resource...most of the name from above appear on Google maps. My favorite one is "Fishkorn", where did that come from? Perhaps the old Scandinavian neighborhood. haha. |
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina
Post Number: 341 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:25 pm: | |
I always thought it was Fiskhorn. BTW, Yahoo Maps has had neighborhoods for a long time. In fact, they actually color code them to give you an idea of the boundaries. |
Dtowncitylover Member Username: Dtowncitylover
Post Number: 530 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:49 pm: | |
Nope, Fish-korn, though I did double check because I have slight dyslexia and it could've been that. |
Mommydearest Member Username: Mommydearest
Post Number: 32 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 9:06 pm: | |
I believe it is Frischkorn. |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 251 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 7:29 am: | |
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl =en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.286199,-83.1 21872&spn=0.044321,0.098877&t= h&z=13 When did they change the name of Zug Island? |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 3737 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:02 am: | |
"http://maps.google.com/maps?hl =en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.286199,-83.1 21872&spn=0.044321,0.098877&t= h&z=13 When did they change the name of Zug Island?" That's just wrong. Somebody tell Google it was named for Samuel Zug. I think this opens up a new can of worms in a way. There's an example of something that's obviously wrong, but I think is could wind up homogenizing the way we define neighborhoods. What neighborhood is important enough? Alden Park but not the North End? Not to mention the fuzzy distinction between Midtown and Cass Corridor. Meh, it's kinda cool, but it also makes it kinda Chamber-of-Commerce-y, if you get my drift. |
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56
Post Number: 845 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 11:39 am: | |
Didn't Zug Island start off as Mud Island? |
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56
Post Number: 846 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 11:46 am: | |
If you look at the Ford Rouge Complex, it's neighborhood labeled as "Ford" http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF 8&ll=42.302071,-83.159637&spn= 0.044056,0.083942&t=h&z=14 |