Science City is one of the famous tourist places of Kolkata, India. Recently it’s name is changed in maps! Thank you @DrShaunak for noticing it.
Here is the wrong location- https://goo.gl/maps/scCq2hFHVmij37Ak7
Here is the Correct location-https://maps.app.goo.gl/K3n5gHj5tVuJwCBm8
Here is the official website of this science museum-https://sciencecitykolkata.org.in/
@DeniGu Can you please look into this matter? And solve this problem as soon as possible.
Thanks
Have a great day!
Hi @PritishB
Good point. A sofa store with 56 thousand reviews is certainly a highjacking.
It would be helpful if you could also add information as to whether you have tried to fix the problem yourself. Did you provide feedback on maps to get it fixed? And please add the GPS coordinates to the correct position of the Science-City.
Cheers
@MortenCopenhagen Thank you for your points. Sure, I have done that- here is the screenshot during fixing this issue-
I have suggested an edit to bring back the correct name of the place.
And here is the accurate location-
Dropped pin
Near East Topsia, Topsia, Kolkata, West Bengal 700105
https://maps.app.goo.gl/K3n5gHj5tVuJwCBm8
Then you are doing great. Providing feedback and including a link to this thread might also speed up getting the issue fixed. The only last thing you could do is to review and comment on the different fields under suggest an edit. What info belongs to the science-city and what info do you suspect belongs to the sofa store. And if any of the recent photos and reviews belong to the sofa store you could point them out for the Googler who will be fixing this.
Cheers and thanks for being a very observant local guide.
Thanks for posting this issue in Connect. As soon I heard this news from a concerned official of Science City today, I informed to our group.
I think the place is Hijacked. Hope Google will fix this issue soon.
@ErmesT I am tagging you. Any help is highly appreciated.
Thank you for tagging me, @DrShaunak
@PritishB did the right thing by tagging @DeniGu , a Google Moderator, to check the situation.
Unfortunately there are situation where a business, instead to build his own business, claims an existing and famous POI.
I had a similar experience time ago, fixed by Google in a very short time
Hi @PritishB ,
Thank you for reporting this and thank you for the tag. I’ve forwarded this issue to our responsible team to investigate.
Thank you @MortenCopenhagen , @DrShaunak , and @ErmesT for joining in the conversation, too, and providing some important advice and direction!
Thank you @DeniGu for your prompt response and looking into this matter.
Thank you @ErmesT for your views about this matter.
Have a great day!
It is both sad and unfortunate to see this happening.
@PritishB Team WBLG edited the name, and re established its proper name. Thanks for make this in front of us.
Hello @PritishB brother!
It’s sorry to know this place name has been changed. I can see here a good conversation. Hope that problem will be fixed soon.
Through my knowledge want to say if this type problem can be found, it’s to do better, edit one local guide and provide check the fact link to known local guide for verifying.
I’m saying this so that we don’t make too much edit for one place at a time. Here it’s a big issue, thanks for knowing others.
HappyGuiding!
@TusharSuradkar Thank you for joining the conversation. Yes, such an incident is really sad, but the google team has fixed the problem now. Kudos to Google team.
@SDatta Yes dada. Team WBLG has done it, and will do it again in the future. #WeAreTeamWBLG
@Farhan21 Thank you for your valuable comments and opinion. Yes the Google team has now fixed it. You are doing great for your country Bangladesh and hopefully, you will continue this.
Stay happy, stay safe.
Have a great day!
Hello, Local Guides!
I want to share something great done by team google. A few days ago, the name of Science City- a famous tourist spot of Kolkata, India was changed. It never looks good if famous place names in maps turn wrong. @DrShaunak noticed it and told in our West Bengal Local Guide community. I posted this issue in connect (Click here to read). And I tagged google moderator @DeniGu to look into this matter. Heartiest thanks to her for her prompt response.
The issue has been fixed now and the name and location of that famous tourist spot is now perfect in Google Maps. (In the attached gif, the red mark indicates the wrong name and location, and the green mark indicates the correct name and location). Kudos to the team for their great effort.
Have a great day!
@PritishB Hi!
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Happy Guiding!
Thanks to all for resolving this issue.
Hi @PritishB ,
Thank you for reporting this issue in the first place, and I’m glad it was resolved quickly!
Please note that I will merge this post with your original thread where you notified us of the issue. I will also accept your post as the solution, so that other Local Guides, who look up this topic, will know that it was resolved.
Thank you again!
Thank you @ShafiulB for your response.
Thank you @TPattanaik for joining the conversation.
Thank you @DeniGu for your response, great effort by the team.
Have a great day!
