[quote]A Nicaraguan military commander recently invaded Costa Rican territory, and ordered troops to take down a Costa Rican flag and replace it with Nicaragua's. Was this the work of a brash commander, going rogue on his superiors? A new policy of Nicaraguan imperialism? Neither. The incident was caused by an error in Google Maps.
SearchEngineLand translates the details from La Nación, Costa Rica's largest newspaper, which reported that commander Eden Pastora blamed the incursion on a misleading border on Google Maps that was off by some 3000 meters.
La Nación points to a disparity between the borders on Bing and Google.
A Google spokesperson was unsure what caused the mapping error. Whatever the answer, this could play into Bing's next marketing strategy: Bing, the search engine that doesn't cause international disputes.
You may well blame the Nicaraguan military for using Google Maps -- which, for all its usefulness in everyday life, is a relatively imprecise tool for official exercises near borders. But it's been little more than three years since the British Navy had the same problem, straying into Iranian waters by accident (Iran being far more dangerous than Costa Rica, which doesn't even have a full-time military) and blaming its military-grade GPS equipment for the error. A month before that, the Swiss military blundered into Lichtenstein on a training exercise -- because, they said, it was dark. That, at least, was one border crossing Google Maps might have prevented.[/quote]
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Comparison of borders according to Google & Bing.
Ah Google, what [i]can't[/i] you do?
Shit just got real.
Are you questioning Google?
Well obviously Google now controls the borders of the world.
I for one welcome our new Google overlords.
im from lake Titicaca; Nicaragua
I find this to be a travesty
Google's plan for world domination is starting! Soon, NONE of our maps will read correctly, and suddenly it will appear as though CANADA HAS TAKEN THE TOP HALF OF THE US, causing the world to fall into WWIII until we accept our new overlords!
[QUOTE=UnarmedSniper;25886059]Shit just got real.[/QUOTE]
I see someone lacks basic reading and comprehension skills.
internets tryin ta start a war
Google you been a bad kid lately.
1k posts woot.
What if Google just erases all borders and there's peace and happiness all around :downs:
[QUOTE=dogmachines;25886101]Google's plan for world domination is starting! Soon, NONE of our maps will read correctly, and suddenly it will appear as though CANADA HAS TAKEN THE TOP HALF OF THE US, causing the world to fall into WWIII until we accept our new overlords![/QUOTE]
We are your delicious maple syrup overlords.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;25886155]We are your delicious maple syrup overlords.[/QUOTE]
I'm ready to accept you now, no warfare needed.
Where is the Maple Syrup?
[editline]6th November 2010[/editline]
The real stuff, not Artificial butter flavored.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;25886155]We are your delicious maple syrup overlords.[/QUOTE]
screw you, ACTIVATE DDOS!!!
I came in here expecting war and was pleasantly surprised.
I love the way he just happened to see a Costa Rican flag and just took it down.
What if Google maps increase the border size of North Korea?
[QUOTE=BCell;25895009]What if Google maps increase the border size of North Korea?[/QUOTE]
I think it would be worse if they accidentally [B]de[/B]creased it.
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