Comments on: Protest on the National Mall

Question: Protest on the National Mall

alopez — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:18:05 -0800

Why is Jesse Jackson Jr. standing in the middle of the National Mall? (Google Maps)

Also, why is Fox News camped outside the Whitehouse? I assume many Congressman have their offices in this building, so why are these guys camped out in the bushes?

Is this crowdsourcing gone amok? I've never noticed it before, and I couldn't find anything about it online.

By: dfriedman

dfriedman — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:20:09 -0800

Someone's idea of a joke?

By: jaimev

jaimev — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:24:03 -0800

You can edit the locations of placemarkers. He's been busy.

By: alopez

alopez — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:35:54 -0800

jaimev: how did you find the editor? Perhaps I'm dense, but I'm not seeing any links to that information either on the map or on this page.

By: helios

helios — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:38:24 -0800

You can edit the location by clicking on the marker, then "edit." This article gives some background on what criteria are used to automatically create those icons.

By: fontophilic

fontophilic — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:39:02 -0800

I love that "Congress" is a baby. And I just moved it. So yeah, a kind of crowd sourcing joke. Jesse Jackson Jr could "claim this business" and put an end to him moving I suppose.

By: alopez

alopez — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:50:52 -0800

Ok, I see. If I click on "Edit", then I can click on "View history" to see what's been up. Thanks!

By: yeti

yeti — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:15:46 -0800

Now if they could only locate Donna Moss, -sigh-.