Google Maps Part 2: Success! Minnesota History Center is now on the map

My post last April was on the Minnesota History Center’s curious problem with Google Maps which, among may issues, listed the Minnesota History Center site as “Miller Hospital.” While it was true that Miller Hospital was on the site, the facility was demolished 30 years ago. The current History Center building was built in 1992 – 17 years ago. It baffles the mind on how Miller Hospital could have been listed in the first place. The Minnesota Historical Society staff and fans pointed that fact out to both Google and Tele Atlas, on several occasions but with seemingly no effect.
Then October 2nd, the Teleatlas truck was sited in Downtown Saint Paul and while it may be purely coincidental, on October 10th I noticed that Google Maps correctly identified the site as “Minnesota History Center” as well as the “Minnesota Historical Society”  and “Miller Hospital” was gone!

Not only that, but the work claiming, correctly placing and deleting duplicate or irrelivant listings in Google Maps has begun to pay off. When searching for the Minnesota History Center or the Minnesota Historical Society you are not set around the Metro area on a wild goose chase. However, as the graphic will a testify to, while owned by the Minensota Historical Society, the Forest History Center is no where near the Minnesota History Center.  Work still needs to be done on claiming and getting the listings correct for MHS’ other historic sites and museums.