Comments on: World Airports on Google Maps http://idealgovernment.com/2005/07/world_airports_on_google_maps/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Wed, 14 May 2014 08:35:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ric N http://idealgovernment.com/2005/07/world_airports_on_google_maps/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:47:10 +0000 http://world_airports_on_google_maps#comment-510 Why do people assume Google maps are necessarily accurate?

]]> By: Richard S http://idealgovernment.com/2005/07/world_airports_on_google_maps/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:03:37 +0000 http://world_airports_on_google_maps#comment-509 I hope that pilots don’t use Google maps:

If you look up Luton and zoom in, the push-pin is a long way from the runway. I don’t think it even marks the threatened runway re-alignment/expansion plan.

Perhaps we’re still in the “cold war” when maps were deliberately distorted to impede missile targeting?

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