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AlanM wrote:Google maps and mapquest have given some streets different names, have a look at Great Western Rd on both of these. There are some others in and around Knightswood that have been renamed by these sites.
Does anyone know of any more of these 'renamed' streets
Timchilli wrote:AlanM wrote:Google maps and mapquest have given some streets different names, have a look at Great Western Rd on both of these. There are some others in and around Knightswood that have been renamed by these sites.
Does anyone know of any more of these 'renamed' streets
I have often wondered this myself with online maps.
Is it simply the case that the unusual names are the former incarnations of our current roadways? For example, the Clydeside Expressway is partly named Pointhouse Road. However, I have no idea why a significant chunk of Great Western Road is named Inverquhomery Road. Other odd names are dotted throughout the map.
Tim
I'm not aware of any 'fake streets' but my Sat-Nav tells me to head straight down a street in Paisley (Storie Street) that doesn't exist, however I think this is accuracy as it did do it to 1995 or so.
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