Saturday, November 6, 2010

Oops. Google Maps nearly causes border war.

Google Maps blamed in border dispute | Repeating Islands:

Image via Repeating Islands

Google Maps has been embroiled in a Central American border dispute that saw two neighboring countries dispatch troops and heavily armed police to their joint border, Agence France Presse reports.
The Internet search giant stepped into the fray after a Nicaraguan commander cited Google’s version of the border map in an interview with Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion to justify a raid on a disputed area of Costa Rica.
Stay tuned for the hijinks when Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans use Google Maps to find their local polling stations in the next elections.
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...