GeoNames Forum

I was wondering why the lines that appear on, for example, http://www.geonames.org/maps/reverse-geocoder.html do not coincide exactly with the google map image. Aren't they both using the same data? Not getting curves exactly right is understandable since we are dealing with lines, but sometimes there are chunks missing on main roads. I only ask because I want to be able to "trace" routes/streets from repeatedly collecting nearby street segment lat/long coordinates and adding new lines but this task is hard to do accurately given this error. Any ideas about this?

GoogleMaps is using other data providers. The copy right note in the right lower corner tells you which provider is used for each tile.

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Marc