41Latitude - Google Maps & Its City LabelsIdeas about maps, technology, & usability. by Justin O'Beirne Google Maps & Its City Labels A few months ago, I was contacted by someone familiar with how Google Maps is made. The person had taken issue with my post “Where’s New York City?” and had sought to defend Google Maps’s “city labeling process”. According to the person, Google uses a series of “sophisticated labeling algorithms” that give
