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by edaemon 2560 days ago
This is just an anecdote, but I've alerted Google to a particular mistake in Maps multiple times and it's never been fixed.

A light rail station in Portland is accessed from the bridge above it, but Google Maps is unaware that they're connected. Because of that Maps leaves it out of directions; commuting options are completely incorrect. If you manually select it as a destination it will give you ludicrous directions like this: https://goo.gl/maps/XYTZwNiRkipzNHse9

Stranger still, the northbound side of the same station connects just fine.

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That's worse than weird, that's downright dangerous. There are no sidewalks on that street, and cars travel at 55-75 mph on it. There's also no way to get from the street to the station; the overhead bridge is the only way.

That's pretty shocking, that station has been there for three years.

It gives a disclaimer that walking directions might not reflect real conditions.