Google Maps “demolish” history?

One of the internet’s many uses is providing maps to strange and new locations, whether for travelling or just sightseeing thanks to the aerial/satellite photography which is often overlaid. But there are complaints. One of them comes from Mary Spence, President of the British Cartographical Society, who complains that modern web mapping, particularly that employed by Google for Google Maps, is wiping history off the charts and causing historical places to fade from public consciousness: "Corporate cartographers are demolishing thousands of years of history, not to mention Britain's geography, at a stroke, by not including them on maps," she said. "We're in danger of losing what makes maps unique; giving us a feel for a place." She gave a comparison of Google and an Ordnance Survey map (a British mapping company), saying "There is just a hole where the Abbey is… This is tragic. They call this a map but it is so inadequate. It has not been interpreted in any way. It has no landmarks on it." I can see where she’s coming from but, and I’d just like to point out I love maps, she hasn’t convinced me that many people really get a sense of history through them.