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Hiker rescued off B.C. cliffside after taking non-existent Google Maps trail (www.nelsonstar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This is more about a person making a really bad call than the service they relied on.

Google does fine mapping streets because in most places, they drive their little car around.

Google ain’t sending some dude along trails in remote areas. The maps they have of those areas are aggregate data. And aggregate data is not reliable (as Apple discovered when they launched Apple Maps).

Be smarter kids.