- Find a Real Estate Professional
- Realtors®
- Mortgage Lenders
- Home Improvement Pros
- Other Real Estate Services
- Review an Agent, Lender or Pro
- Marketing on Zillow
- Real Estate Agent Advertising
- Join the Professional Directory
- Popular
- Real Estate Market Reports
- More
Answers (2)
- Pasadenan
- Contributions:21466
You need to realize there are about 100 MILLION homes on Zillow, and only about 175 employees, and that the county records does not give longitude and latitude coordinates for the homes. There is no exact method of getting those coordinates presently. Some cities and counties are better than others. Much of the geocoding comes from the 9 digit zip code and the postal data for those. On straight streets that follow patterns, extrapolation is reasonably useful. On windy roads, extrapolation doesn't help much.
Sure, the U.S. Census office stated they will be geocoding all housing units in the U.S. as part of the 2010 U.S. Census; but that data is still not available.
In the meantime, Zillow has to rely on owners and agents to correct the locations. That is the only way it can work. The Zillow employees have no idea where any homes are but their own.
Sure, the U.S. Census office stated they will be geocoding all housing units in the U.S. as part of the 2010 U.S. Census; but that data is still not available.
In the meantime, Zillow has to rely on owners and agents to correct the locations. That is the only way it can work. The Zillow employees have no idea where any homes are but their own.
- sunnyview
- Contributions:25139
As the owner, you can correct much of the information on your home page yourself. Go to your main home page. Under the photo there is a yellow "Edit" pencil where you can claim your house and move your house icon on the map.
The map will immediately update. Hope it helps.
The map will immediately update. Hope it helps.
Zillow is unresponsive to mistakes on map locations
Stating a discriminatory preference in an advertisement for housing is illegal. If you think this content is discriminatory or otherwise inappropriate and feel it should be removed from Zillow, please let us know by completing the information above.
We will review this content. Thanks for helping make the site more useful to everyone. To learn more, read Zillow's Good Neighbor Policy.