Monday, January 18, 2010

What is this?

Link on the city's website - supposedly to an interactive map described as:

"The City of Lake Worth has partnered with Dolph Maps to provide an Interactive Map of business located in the city."

Well, guess what! Poke around the map and it takes you anywhere there is a Lake Worth mailing address - which includes a substantial portion of unincorporated Palm Beach County. After five minutes, I had yet to land on a business within the actual City of Lake Worth. It's misleading to the public - giving them the thought that Lake Worth is bigger than it actually is and may actually be hurting city businesses as it directs them outside the city.

Oh, and then the site crashed.

What does "partnered" mean? - Did the city pay money to Dolph Maps for this service?

Here is another solution to an unasked question. Advice to city: Back away from the keyboard.