![]() ![]() You list this neighborhood erroneously as “TRIPOU PARK.” There is no such place. My only recourse was the “send feedback” button on Google Maps. Although I could “report incorrect gas prices,” I could not readily report an incorrect neighborhood name, even though the error was Google’s. There I found directions on how to “add or fix a road,” “add or fix addresses,” or “add a missing place,” such as a new retail establishment that might want to advertise on Google. That I had already done, to no avail, after navigating the Google Map support system. You may try reporting this issue to Google since they are distributing this information to other websites. Unfortunately, this spelling will remain on Walk Score as “Tripou Park”. As “Mariam” of Walk Score Customer Support wrote me:Īfter taking a closer look into the issue our team has concluded that our spelling of Tripou park comes from Google’s data. Our phantom neighborhood also appears in such popular websites as, (“Tripou Park is the 122nd most walkable neighborhood in Milwaukee with 1,225 residents.”) (the owner of Walkscore), (“Tripou Park is a popular neighborhood for home buyers who can afford to buy a home in the median price range of $200K.”), (“Tripou Park, Milwaukee, WI Insights: 12% with College Degree 88% with High School Diploma”) (“No rentals found in Tripou Park”) and the commercial real estate site, (“The Tripou Park Retail Property at 7311-7321 N Teutonia Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53209 is currently available.”)Īll of these sites use Google Maps as their source. Likewise, its errors, like “Tripou Park” multiply across those platforms, with no easy path to correct them, I have learned. Its maps are used on many platforms in addition to Nextdoor. revolutionized cartography by photographing and mapping public places worldwide, adding multiple levels of functionality including travel times, directions, transit options and even warnings of road closures, bus delays and vehicular collisions in real time. ![]() This led me to Google, the source of the Nextdoor map and many others, and apparently the origin as well of the misspelling that gave birth to the mythical Tripou Park - Milwaukee’s Shangri-La, its Brigadoon, its Camelot! Google’s Error to Fix (or Not?) (Nextdoor says it is willing to correct the spelling if Tripou Park’s “Founding Member” would request such a change.) The creator of the account used the neighborhood name corresponding to their residence on the map that appears on the Nextdoor site and spelled it as found. The resident surmised the “Founding Member” who filled out the neighborhood’s Nextdoor site application mistyped the “LI” at the end of “TRIPOLI PARK,” (the neighborhood’s officially designated name) as a “U”, giving us “TRIPOU PARK.”Ī reasonable guess, were it only that simple, it turns out. A resident who received the invitation was bemused that his neighborhood of decades had been given a fanciful and meaningless name.
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