Lat Long
I notice the big Goodsam book has lat & long coordinates for each RV park. In checking those with GPS systems that accept lat / long input that about 25% are incorrect. Where do these come from and wh...
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tkcas01 wrote:
I had noticed an issue with GPS coordinates on rvparkreviews.com and submitted a support ticket. It sounds like they get the coordinates from wherever Google Maps thinks the address is. So it is likely the underlying map data that is incorrect. Good Sam probably does something similar - no one is actually looking at a map and capturing the coordinates. Instead their system probably calls a Google Maps function, gives it the address and it returns the coordinates of where the map data thinks that address is.
I have also found many inaccuracies in park locations at RV Park Reviews. I usually send correcting info. It seems to me that they come from the first reviewer putting the location in and they just click on a point in the same town where the park is or don't drill down to click on an accurate position. I have found many erroneous locations several miles from where Google says the park is.
