This is in Derby--check byline...says Ansonia...verifiable on map. Please correct (Editor). Editorial piece is very vague, would like more information and would like to know source of information. Where and how are these accidents happening, the info in the article is not accurate enough. N/S/E/W...where?

So, we still can't provide details or at least provide an actual specific location, ahem, in the correct town....so people can provided educated and positively opinionated insight? Why did you bother posting this if you did not wish to follow through with it? It is a waste of time to people like me who would like to SeeClickFix!

because no information is being provided, despite several attempt to clarify and substantiate the alleged actions and/or their locations. Information provided in post is incorrect. The address provided is in Derby, not Ansonia. No information is able to be corroborated.

The software is very inflexible about "location" (note I was not the author) In another one, I reported at the Wendy's near the Derby / Orange line, it refuses to allow the location to be set anywhere near the actual spot - because of inconsistency of what the road is called (Derby Turnpike vs New Haven Ave) and when the street postal address isn't linear or near a city boundary.

Another example right in this area - the stores on the North side of Division Street in tha plaza by the grocery store shopping center have "impossible" street numbers, so they get pushed all the way up past Griffin Hospital by Route 8 in a GPS database.

The flaw is with GPS and the design of this program. With an iPhone having a precise GPS location, it is a design flaw to then force that location to be a postal address. Blame this software - it wasn't their fault (other than not giving a good written description)

Hello,

I'm sorry to hear that you were having trouble positioning your issue. It sounds like some of the problems might have to do with flaws in Google Maps, which SeeClickFix is built on. Were you using the website or the mobile app when you were having these probelms? I will pass this feedback on to our tech guys.

Thanks,

Zak
Community Manager
SeeClickFix

You would need to check with the original poster on that Zak. Whoever started this post did not follow up with any details when inquiries were made to try to help 'fix' their problem or concern.

I was using the iPhone app but was about two blocks away from the location. Gowalla has an app with a similar issue. It now has an "are you sure?" preview function and a way to drag the marker to a specific spot
- which would also be helpful when the issue isn't near a street - like in a park. Another suggestion - the beginning of the report process says "Descrine your problem" - that gives the feel that reporting the problem IS the problem. "Describe THE problem" would sound less adversarial. There is probably also an assumption by people that replies to "their" issue are coming from people who have the power to fix them rather than other people who live in the area or have an opinion. Feel free to write me at the email address rather than stringing this out here ;)

This is a photo of this "problem". The trees in question are along Xpect's side. The picture is from the spot where a driver exiting the Ansonia Landing shopping center would be. You can clearly see the oncoming car. The trees are not an issue.

Turning left into this driveway IS an issue as there is no appropriate waiting point. If you cross over the yellow line, you're in the left turn lane for people turning up Division towards griffin. If you wait at the "proper" spot in the left lane, you'll quickly create gridlock at Pershing and Division.

It's dangerous enough that perhaps a no left turn into the shopping center is appropriate. The fact you can't turn left from Division after you cross the tracks makes it hard to access this shopping area, which is probably why it is nearly empty.

The "workaround" is you can access this shopping center from behind by turning at the Xpect light and going behind the store. The speed bumps there discourage that, however.