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Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

hi
Im a level 8 guide with almost 30,000 edit points
i sent an email to the mapmaker email address (???) and local guide email address (???)
subject "edits to remove disallowed bussinesses reverted"


other things bothering me below

please for the love of all that is good in this world
get rid of this fake google listing in the middle of nowhere in (rural) india

fake "google my business"fake "google my business"

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Google+my+business/@21.11644,83.5990233,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m11!1m5...

ive been trying to get it removed for about 4 months

 

bad listing for dynamic paint products (never existed here and absolutely not a paint store)
The Path - One Financial Pl, Toronto, ON M5C, Canada
http://www.getpainting.com/
+1 905-812-9319 (not a local area code)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dynamic+Paint+Products+Inc/@43.6501746,-79.3801902,17z/data=!4m5!3...

theres a dynamic funds at about the same point as the aforementioned listing (properly mapped)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dynamic+Funds/@43.6502757,-79.3803318,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4cb...

 

but dynamic paint products has a correct listing here (in a differant city - an hours drive away)

7040 Financial Dr, Mississauga, ON L5N 7H5, Canada
http://www.getpainting.com/
1 (800) 668-1124 (local number is 905-812-9319)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dynamic+Paint+Products+Inc./@43.6125131,-79.7528595,17z/data=!4m5!...


took since February to get this listing to show as closed

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Allamuchy+General+Store/@40.9221475,-74.8125588,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!...
(resolved through gmb and further intervention of gmb support - both gmb data and other google data now show the establishment as closed)

http://www.njherald.com/20170110/truck-crashes-into-allamuchy-general-store
Literally destroyed by a tractor-trailer - no loss of life or gore

he's planning to reopen soon. but as things have been delayed so may times the listing should remain closed until the restaurant is selling food again. the local graphic designer (he did work for the business - currently manages the GMB page) told me they were supposed to reopen weeks ago but........ i don't think it actually happened.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ba-Li+Italiano/@43.7620655,-79.4753255,13z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sBa-...

failed venture closed prior to February of 2017
i had the most reprehensible dish there
allegedly the good chef quit in a blaze of glory and it went from struggling to a lost cause

i know the owners of both of these bussinesses and was about to get access to manage the listing in Google My Business just to fix the data.

i spent several hours helping Allamuchy recover control of his listing when his former employee (who started a bagel place) hijacked it and turned it into a listing for a bagel restaurant in another town quite far away

the Bagel guy does not like me so much but i made sure that his business was properly mapped as soon as the Allamuchy listing was restored to its original name and location. Initially he told me that because he owned the allamuchy listing in google my business he could do with it as he pleased.

I don't know if i accidentally deleted my original post

but regardless nothing in this post violates any local guides connect rules or guidelines

i did not post any identifying info on the listing hijacker (the bagel guy)

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Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

@RPaulR have a look on the allamuchy.

Happy Mapping 

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Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

i no idea what happened to my original post but for reference @Pea wrote a reply as follows to my original post (that disappeared)

"Can I ask a side question: when you first tried to remove that listing was it Claimed and was the name of the business also the first line of the address? Reason I ask is that I recently noticed that listings I have marked as 'Never existed' have been appearing in my contributions list stated as 'APPROVED' - however when I go to the listings they remain live but now have the same format as that listing above, here's an example: https://goo.gl/maps/hWP1VBBjiPA2
 

Maybe there's a bug in the 'Never existed' or 'Spam' marking process that is keeping these listings live?"

my (RPaulR) responce
that goo.gl link shows evidence of the same reversion bug i emailed google about but my concerns go a bit further

Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

as of 15 minutes ago the allamuchy listing was closed

regardless within the next 12 hours im going to talk to the webmaster and graphic designer for the business (from thinkworkcreative.com)
 and i will call the owner of the restaurant

this is very suspicious

Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

@RPaulR What you & owner want to say? 

Is this place still open? 

I want to say that your topic is to hard to understand. 

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Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

website ( http://generalstorecafenj.com/) for https://www.google.com/maps/place/Allamuchy+General+Store/@40.9221475,-74.8125588,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!... says restaurant under construction

both the hackettstown patch and Hackettstown LiFE forum have no indication the restaurant is back open for business

this incident (crash) was BIG news locally
not only that but as far as i remember the owner lives upstairs
good thing he had insurance........

the restaurant was originally supposed to re-open in March, then April, then May
based on what ive been told by Eric (graphic design and webmaster)
my calls to the business line over the last few weeks
the website and the utter and complete lack of local websites mentioning the reopening

im suggesting an edit to close it again

Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen


@deepakjhic wrote:

@RPaulR What you & owner want to say? 

Is this place still open? 

I want to say that your topic is to hard to understand. 


to the best of my knowledge the restaurant has not reopened as of yet. but some ner-do-well reopened it on the map

this change was likely not done through GMB as i know the one owner of the listing
(eric the webmaster would have updated the website first)

Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen


@RPaulR wrote:

hi
Im a level 8 guide with almost 30,000 edit points
i sent an email to the mapmaker email address (???) and local guide email address (???)
subject "edits to remove disallowed bussinesses reverted"


other things bothering me below

please for the love of all that is good in this world
get rid of this fake google listing in the middle of nowhere in (rural) india

fake "google my business"fake "google my business"

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Google+my+business/@21.11644,83.5990233,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m11!1m5...

ive been trying to get it removed for about 4 months

i almost feel like changing my picture in this group to the President of the USA wearing a pink hat with cat ears @TraciC

bad listing for dynamic paint products (never existed here and absolutely not a paint store)
The Path - One Financial Pl, Toronto, ON M5C, Canada
http://www.getpainting.com/
+1 905-812-9319 (not a local area code)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dynamic+Paint+Products+Inc/@43.6501746,-79.3801902,17z/data=!4m5!3...

theres a dynamic funds at about the same point as the aforementioned listing (properly mapped)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dynamic+Funds/@43.6502757,-79.3803318,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4cb...

 

but dynamic paint products has a correct listing here (in a differant city - an hours drive away)

7040 Financial Dr, Mississauga, ON L5N 7H5, Canada
http://www.getpainting.com/
1 (800) 668-1124 (local number is 905-812-9319)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dynamic+Paint+Products+Inc./@43.6125131,-79.7528595,17z/data=!4m5!...


took since February to get this listing to show as closed

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Allamuchy+General+Store/@40.9221475,-74.8125588,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!...

http://www.njherald.com/20170110/truck-crashes-into-allamuchy-general-store
Literally destroyed by a tractor-trailer - no loss of life or gore

he's planning to reopen soon. but as things have been delayed so may times the listing should remain closed until the resteraunt is selling food again. the local graphic designer (he did work for the business - currently manages the GMB page) told me they were supposed to reopen weeks ago but........ i don't think it actually happened.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ba-Li+Italiano/@43.7620655,-79.4753255,13z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sBa-...

failed venture closed prior to February of 2017
i had the most reprehensible dish there
allegedly the good chef quit in a blaze of glory and it went from struggling to a lost cause

i know the owners of both of these bussinesses and was about to get access to manage the listing in Google My Business just to fix the data.

i spent several hours helping Allamuchy recover control of his listing when his former employee (who started a bagel place) hijacked it and turned it into a listing for a bagel restaurant in another town quite far away

the Bagel guy does not like me so much but i made sure that his business was properly mapped as soon as the Allamuchy listing was restored to its original name and location. Initially he told me that because he owned the allamuchy listing in google my business he could do with it as he pleased.

I don't know if i accidentally deleted my original post

but regardless nothing in this post violates any local guides connect rules or guidelines

i did not post any identifying info on the listing hijacker (the bagel guy)


In this post why you list that business? 

Google Maps and Chrome Product Expert.

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Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen



In this post why you list that business? 


i did not identify the generic bagel guy
tbh if you can figure it out based on my post you probably live in vicinity and know the characters better then i do

there is about 20 bagel places within 10 miles

Level 9

Re: Edit reversion issues on google maps AND the wackiest maps listings ever seen

so i was given access to the gmb listing for Allamuchy General Store. in order to prevent a possible edit war and the uncertainty of the situation i have used the special hours feature to designate every upcoming day in the next month closed.

this avoids the label permanently closed

the restaurant could open as soon as the beginning of August and as late as the beginning of September

this exposed a bug on goggle maps
whenever a business is set to be closed for a continuous period of 1 week or longer through special hours
maps will not show the closed status

the search card shows the closed status accurately
but the maps page makes it appear open

this is a problem if a business is closing for lets say 10 days for whatever reason

card hours.pngcard hours expanded.pngmap no hours.png

as such i am closing the business the traditional way