Mar 10, 2022
22 years later, error still not fixed
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Mar 15, 2022
I'm sorry you're having an issue with this - I know it can be incredibly frustrating.
Currently, Google Maps doesn't have a function that allows you to report a gate at a road. The same issue occurs for streets that are only open or one-way during certain times of day. It's a gap in maps that has been reported to Google - hopefully they'll address this at some point.
As a stop-gap to avoid the issues with drivers and deliveries, if no one has an address on the segment of road you submitted, you can go directly into maps and report that segment of road as closed permanently. This will at least route Google Maps directions away from that location and only allow folks who live there to enter that way.
I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but hopefully it causes less frustration until Google addresses this. You can find specific steps on fixing (closing) a road here:
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Mar 13, 2022
Mar 13, 2022
hi tom,
i am here to help, but you need to help me to help you. without more information, would be difficult to help you.
if it is just a matter of putting up a sign, i would not need to ask any more questions. i would leave you to sort it out yourself.
no, i do not work for google, or represent google in any way. i am a user, just like you.
but no one needs to work for google to get this fixed - as users, there are ways available to all of us to get this done.
as i alluded to earlier, a sign would fix this for you, and all of the residents of the 80 addressses. that is something all of you can do to fix it, that needs no other party's assistance, and for which no other party has any control and/or influence.
with a good sign, google maps can continue to direct to saddleback lane, and it would be nothing more than a small inconvenience for users.
if google maps suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth, does the problem disappear with it? is it reasonable to believe that another similar service that may be dominant in google maps' absence similarly route the same way?
you are asking for a solution (a) to a problem (b). this isn't a google maps only problem. it isn't necessarily unique to google maps.
but i understand - many use google maps, and fixing google maps helps tremendously, even if it does not fix the core problem permanently.
i can only help fix if you help me to help you.
Mar 13, 2022
Mar 13, 2022
cfanatic, I think you have made it abundantly clear that this is not a situation isolated to Google Maps but, since this forum is dedicated solely to Google Maps, and since Google Maps is the issue that the OP is referring to, providing external solutions to the situation does not really seem germane.
Additionally, your suggestion of putting up a sign negates the inconvenience of initially being routed to a location that does not allow entry to those without previous access authorization.
If the problem is one with routing, that should be the focus of the discussion and, if the situation isn't being corrected at the user suggestion level and they've come here for help, then it should be escalated.
Last edited Mar 15, 2022