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Google Maps error sparks invasion

Whitey

12:27 am on Nov 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

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A Google mistake is being blamed for Nicaragua invading Costa Rica - [smh.com.au...]

Staffa

8:41 am on Nov 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

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lol
they shouldn't let their soldiers surf the internet while on duty ;o)

Whitey

12:06 am on Nov 12, 2010 (gmt 0)

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More ....

Conflict reaches boiling point as Google errs again - Google has fixed the error in its maps - blaming the faulty data on the US State Department - but Nicaragua, which has disputed ownership of the land for centuries, believes the border Google had originally outlined was correct.

and now

Meanwhile, Google has admitted a second controversial Google Maps error after it attributed a disputed islet off North Africa first to Morocco, and then to Spain.

[smh.com.au...]