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CokemonZ

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#321476 20-Aug-2025 12:30
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I own a business, and when coming from certain directions google maps gives an incorrect direction.

 

Think about it like this:

 

I am down a long driveway that is a dead end.

 

Right beside me is another driveway that goes through to a bunch of units and through to the road on the other side.

 

There is a fence between the two driveways.

 

 

 

Google will direct people to come down the other driveway from the other road and stop halfway down. There is a fence there and no way for people to get through to me.

 

It needs to recognise that my driveway and the neighbouring are separate and fenced so people need to exit the other drive way and pull a u turn into mine.

 

There is a height difference, and the fence cannot be modified in anyway. I have put up a sign that is fairly noticeable but you have to look for it, and most people just call when they stop.

 

Is there a way to inform google about this and get the driveway map updated?

 

Edit: I have already done this - and read online that it generally seems to go nowhere: Report wrong directions in Google Maps - Computer - Google Maps Help


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ben28
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  #3405845 20-Aug-2025 13:48
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We have the same issue and have had no luck when asking google to fix it. 
Apple did fix Apple Maps. 
as a workaround you could ask people to use Apple Maps , if it’s correct. 
or ask them to use an address which gets them to the right street maybe an address at the beginning of your driveway 





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  #3405846 20-Aug-2025 14:13
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Thats frustrating.

 

Directions to our street number coming from the other side still do this.

 

 


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  #3405847 20-Aug-2025 14:15
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Unbelievably both bing maps and apple maps directions work fine (or at least well enough this would not be an issue).




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  #3405850 20-Aug-2025 14:34
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at home it was always telling navigation stuff do drive down the neighbours driveway which was annoying them with idiot food delivery drivers going to their house and not mine because they seem to be unable to read numbers on peoples houses.

 

Solution was to move the maps location to the end of the driveway instead of being on top of the house. Now it takes them to the end of my driveway instead.





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  #3405860 20-Aug-2025 15:15
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richms:

 

at home it was always telling navigation stuff do drive down the neighbours driveway which was annoying them with idiot food delivery drivers going to their house and not mine because they seem to be unable to read numbers on peoples houses.

 

Solution was to move the maps location to the end of the driveway instead of being on top of the house. Now it takes them to the end of my driveway instead.

 

 

 

 

That would work and is a surprisingly simple way of addressing it. We have signage so once they are there no issues.

 

I'll give it a go tonight.


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