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Why don't you install a gate with a warning?

There is a gate, with a warning. That stops most of the delivery drivers. Tourists, not so much.

Fair enough. Hope Google will do something about it!

Google will do nothing. I’ve tried for over a decade to get a fake city removed from Google Maps. I’m making the name up but imagine you have a neighborhood near you called Northfield. When google maps started someone from the neighborhood thought it would be great to make up city with the same name.

No amount of complaining will remove it. It only exists on Google maps, not on Apple Maps, Waze, Openstreet, or the various garmin/navitronics outdoor/boating navigation apps I have.

If this is a true story about a fake city, why use a fake name instead of calling attention to the real issue?

It’s too close to my home for comfort. You can probably guess metro area where I live based on comments but not within a couple miles.

My understanding is these are called Paper Towns. Map makers add them as a way to identify when their copyright is being violated by others coping the maps wholesale.

I don't know the laws where you live or background about your situation...

Maybe add a sign with an admission cost and warning that rescues cost a minimum $1000?

Tell them you have two options, you call the police or they pay the posted fees and you pull them out.

Being the nice guy for the first one or two idiots is fine, but I imagine your inconvenience has a cost?

May I suggest to create a "mine field, you will die" banner in your property with stones big enough to be picked by the satellite photo in the next update?

Or you may prefer a tasteful "sea crocodile sanctuary" traffic signal (Extra points if you draw the crocodile eating a tourist holding a beer and wearing Tyrolean pants).

> why don't you pay money to fix someone else's mistake?

I agree with you, but, well, Google are not being very helpful in this instance.

“It’s not my fault, but it’s my problem” is, like, the cornerstone of adulthood.

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