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Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

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Three Men Die When Google Maps Tells Them to Drive Off Unfinished Bridge

[email protected]English • 7 hours ago

Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River.

“The maps shouldn’t have shown that the bridge was complete.”

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4•4 hours ago
I suppose it depends on the locale, but I’m my experience, the cities I’ve lived in update the gis maps and send change updates to Google very regularly, where they sit unimplemented for months.
- @AndrewZabar
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  2•3 hours ago
  Yeah I can see that being a problem too. Shrug.

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