Josh Toussaint-Strauss discovers that great restaurants are disappearing on Google Maps, despite having lots of reviews and high ratings, so he sets out to get to the bottom of it and finds out that what Google Maps shows us isn't necessarily what we want to see. Josh discusses the issue with Lauren Leek, a social data scientist, who grew so frustrated with Google's results that she decided to build her own map of London's restaurants. You can check out Lauren's alternative map here
Continue reading...How Google Maps is shaping where we eat – video
Originally reported by The Guardian. Read the full story at the original source.
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