MARGAO, April 23 -- Alarmed over the change in names of villages on Google Maps, residents of South Goa have pointed out that this occurs when Google maps is opened with villages shown along the map lines and clarified that this is not when searching for a location, but when the maps open, the names of these villages can be seen at their corresponding geographical location.

They further pointed out that there are cases where the names have been correct but many cases where the names are given a different spelling altogether and expressed their helplessness at trying to get this corrected with Google.

For instance, Colva is shown as Kolve, Betalbatim is shown as Btalbhati, Carmona as Karmane, Cavelossim as Kavlesi, Velsao as Velsaovaon, ...