2026-04-12 00:12 UTC
@arianvp
Google Maps managed to lose a river in Ireland. The last section of one, anyway.
Go past the western edge of County Dublin until you find the Intel Ireland campus. Zoom in and follow the river (Rye Water) that runs behind it, until it reaches an aqueduct.
In reality, the aqueduct carries a canal/rail line high above the river valley, and the Rye eventually reaches the Liffey. Google Maps shows the river flowing directly into the canal, on a neat 90 degree T junction, with no spills.
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@dec23k@mastodon.ie 2026-04-12 00:21
@arianvp@functional.cafe Between the the aqueduct and the Rye/Liffey confluence, there's a river-shaped gap in Google Maps. An unexplained meandering green area of undeveloped land cuts through a residential area, where every housing estate has a river-themed place name. It's almost like someone is trying to drop hints that a river is very close by. I tried fixing it in GMaps more than 10 years ago but it doesn't allow rivers to be edited. Every other map seems to have the full Rye Water present and correct.