Good for you Gavin, when I read the information you so willingly share, I wonder sometimes if you even take time to sleep at night. You are a wonder!! Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Bell" <g.bell@which.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:11 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] SPITTAL >A recent query by Schani Biermann has alerted me to an error in various > of the online mapping services. The error appears to originate with > TeleAtlas, but as they apparently supply map data to Google and Multimap > (and quite possibly others) the error is widespread. > > It concerns the name of the ancient road which was originally part of > the link between the (formerly separate) towns of Aberdeen and Old > Aberdeen. As its route took it past the mediaeval Leper Hospital, the > street (and the area adjacent to it) took the name of "Spital". The > present-day City of Aberdeen surrounds and includes both of the ancient > towns, but the name of the road persists. > > However, TeleAtlas has managed to confuse "Spital" with "Spital Heyes", > the name of a suburb of Birkenhead, near Liverpool, about 250 miles to > the south. > > I have reported the error to Tele Atlas, but even if they act on my > report, the error is now, thanks to the power of the Web, widespread. > > > Gavin Bell > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >