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Answers (5)
- CousinIT
- Contributions:7
Still no help from Zillow. What I am saying can be verified through both the US Post Office and through the New Hampshire state GIS site (http://mapper.granit.unh.edu/viewer.jsp). Please, this is just correcting what is a glaring error on the mapping database information. I've been working to correct these errors with Google and NavTeq data for the last couple of years. They were able to correct the errors so that South Road in Kensington shows up in Kensington (and in Brentwood), Now, I ask that Zillow fix their errors as well! Even the amount of houses on the road as they map currently do not map correctly on South road in Brentwood. If placed on Kensington's South road, they will a lot closer to the aerial/satellite veiws than on Brentwood's South road!
I've attached screenshots of New Hampshire's GRANIT GIS system.
Picture 1- shows Brentwood in relation to Kensington and Exeter (which ALL share the same zipcode, but gets sorted correctly at the Post office to the respective towns).
Picture 2 - shows South Road in Brentwood toward the bottom of the picture.
Picture 3 - shows South Road in Kensington (which becomes East Road at the western edge when it enters East Kingston, and becomes Weare Road on the eastern edge when it meets the Hampton Falls city and Seabrook town borders.)
Hopefully this explains the situation a bit better. What I'm looking for is just a note from Zillow saying they are looking into it to see what may be done to fix the errors! (and then fixing them of course!) Have a great day!
I've attached screenshots of New Hampshire's GRANIT GIS system.
Picture 1- shows Brentwood in relation to Kensington and Exeter (which ALL share the same zipcode, but gets sorted correctly at the Post office to the respective towns).
Picture 2 - shows South Road in Brentwood toward the bottom of the picture.
Picture 3 - shows South Road in Kensington (which becomes East Road at the western edge when it enters East Kingston, and becomes Weare Road on the eastern edge when it meets the Hampton Falls city and Seabrook town borders.)
Hopefully this explains the situation a bit better. What I'm looking for is just a note from Zillow saying they are looking into it to see what may be done to fix the errors! (and then fixing them of course!) Have a great day!
- CousinIT
- Contributions:7
Thanks rockinblu! That is a cool technique. Unfortunately, I'm unable to change the address according to that video you posted. Because it is for sale, it doesn't allow it to be changed. I tried changing my neighbors to see if that would work, but was declined to do so when I came to the part which asked if I owned my neighbor's house.
There are roughly 113 homes along the road which are affected by this error. Any one trying to get comps on the homes are looking in the wrong area. It would be easier, if there was a way to modify the database mapping these houses to the correct location all at once. If not, I'd be more than happy to map them individually, should I be given the chance! That's not my call, its Zillows.
There are roughly 113 homes along the road which are affected by this error. Any one trying to get comps on the homes are looking in the wrong area. It would be easier, if there was a way to modify the database mapping these houses to the correct location all at once. If not, I'd be more than happy to map them individually, should I be given the chance! That's not my call, its Zillows.
- rockinblu
- Contributions:7202
Hopefully, the link below will be of some help as well.
http://screenr.com/mJn
http://screenr.com/mJn
- CousinIT
- Contributions:7
Ice L.
Hi, thank you for the response! You are right, the post office resolves the information correctly - to Kensington. It resolves correctly at the post office because there is no 133 South Road, Brentwood, NH. There is only 133 South Road, Kensington, NH.
However, it doesn't solve the issue with the mapping issue in Zillow. When the house at 133 South Road, Kensington, NH is mapped in Zillow it appears at the following rough coordinates: 42.962718, 71.031153 (or 42deg57min45.74secN 71deg01min51.52secW).
The actual location of the house is roughly 42.914986, -70.969191 (or roughly 42deg-54min-54.5secN 70deg-58min-9.56secW). This can be verified in Google Maps. If you put the coordinates of the original post, then switch to the street view, you can see the house. It is on the north side of the street with a red jeep out front in the street view. The street view can be seen as picture 2 on from Zillow's website - www.zillow.com/homedetails/133-South-Rd-Kensington-NH-03833/86829146_zpid/ in but it maps incorrectly in Zillow. This issue is not isolated to this house alone. If you were to look up the addresses of all houses in Zillow for South Road, Kensington, NH - the roads all resolve as South Road, Brentwood - and are wrong. The houses for South Road, Brentwood on the other hand do resolve correctly - to Brentwood.
Thank you for your help!
Hi, thank you for the response! You are right, the post office resolves the information correctly - to Kensington. It resolves correctly at the post office because there is no 133 South Road, Brentwood, NH. There is only 133 South Road, Kensington, NH.
However, it doesn't solve the issue with the mapping issue in Zillow. When the house at 133 South Road, Kensington, NH is mapped in Zillow it appears at the following rough coordinates: 42.962718, 71.031153 (or 42deg57min45.74secN 71deg01min51.52secW).
The actual location of the house is roughly 42.914986, -70.969191 (or roughly 42deg-54min-54.5secN 70deg-58min-9.56secW). This can be verified in Google Maps. If you put the coordinates of the original post, then switch to the street view, you can see the house. It is on the north side of the street with a red jeep out front in the street view. The street view can be seen as picture 2 on from Zillow's website - www.zillow.com/homedetails/133-South-Rd-Kensington-NH-03833/86829146_zpid/ in but it maps incorrectly in Zillow. This issue is not isolated to this house alone. If you were to look up the addresses of all houses in Zillow for South Road, Kensington, NH - the roads all resolve as South Road, Brentwood - and are wrong. The houses for South Road, Brentwood on the other hand do resolve correctly - to Brentwood.
Thank you for your help!
- Ice L.
- Contributions:11285
Hi CousinIT -
Thank you for posting here.
We did a couple of verification and it shows that whenever we enter Brentwood, it gives us the address as Kensington. Basically, 133 South Road, Brentwood NH and 133 South Road, KENSINGTON NH are considered as the same address according to the post office.
Thank you.
Thank you for posting here.
We did a couple of verification and it shows that whenever we enter Brentwood, it gives us the address as Kensington. Basically, 133 South Road, Brentwood NH and 133 South Road, KENSINGTON NH are considered as the same address according to the post office.
Thank you.
The house I'm trying to sell is showing up in the wrong location indicating the map data is wrong?
The address in particular concern is 133 South Road, Kensington, NH. Its GPS coordinates are roughly - 42deg-54min-54.5secN 70deg-58min-9.56secW
People are finding the house on the internet, going to the house and not finding it because they are looking in the wrong community. They are looking in Brentwood, NH and not Kensington, NH.
How can this be fixed? thank you for your time!
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