Paramount in Pomona?

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An anonymous reader submits the following:

"Here's a tip you might find interesting. Sometime during the past few weeks, a mistake has appeared in Google Maps: The place name 'Paramount' has appeared on the west side of Pomona. I've lived in this part of town for more than 50 years, and Paramount has never been a local name. It should say Westmont if anything. I contacted Google Maps, but so far there has been no change."

He or she is right. View the map here.

"During the same period of time, the name Narod and Sunsweet also appeared near Ontario. I do believe those are actual names from history, denoting freight train stops. If someone was trying to include historical names, there are a number that should be added, such as Spadra. However, as far as I know, Paramount has never been a name associated with Pomona.

"This link can be used to complain to Google Maps about mistakes. Perhaps your readers would be willing to help make the map more accurate."

That would be http://local.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=mbug

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I tried a search for "spadra california" in Google and got a close-up map of the cemetery. "narod california" also works.

Warren said:

Maybe Google does what the other map providers do - insert a non-existent name to protect its copyright.

Warren

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