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Country borders redrawn in Google Maps
Inside Costa Rica points to a recent alteration in the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in Google Maps. The earlier version labelled the long-disputed Calero Island as Nicaraguan. Some sources claim this mapping ‘error’ led directly to the Nicaraguan … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, Costa Rica, Germany, Google Maps, Netherlands, Nicaragua
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EgyptAir redraws the Middle East map
Egypt Air has caused a stir with flight route maps appearing to wipe Israel off the map. Here’s an enlarged version of the map they had on their site yesterday: There’s a new border slicing through where Israel and the … Continue reading
CNN outdoes Fox in the geographic illiteracy stakes
Hot on the heels of Fox News’ nightmare map mash-up of Japanese nuclear power plants and nightclubs, Thursday’s American Morning on CNN had that rarest of things – a treble map fail. Both San Francisco and Los Angeles are in … Continue reading
Fox News Japan nuclear plant map fail
This Map purporting to show Japan’s nuclear power plants featured on Fox News’s Monday episode of Your World With Neil Cavuto. Problem is, one of the labelled locations, Shibuyaeggman doesn’t exist, at least not as a power station. According to … Continue reading
Scottish National Park map makers diss local residents
Another for the map fail category. Although strangely this one appears to be intentional, not a mistake. Map makers for Loch Lomond National Park in Scotland had a joke at local residents expense, naming part of the beauty spot, Giro … Continue reading
Daily Mail Map Projection Fail
A few weeks ago the British tabloid had a report screaming ‘World of two halves! Map shows most of Northern Hemisphere is covered in snow and ice‘. At first glance, the NASA composite satellite image they base the story around … Continue reading
Another Google Border Fail
The Local reports how Google Maps has annexed part of the German city of Emden to the Netherlands. For more than a year, the Emden city council has been trying to get back its harbour, most of which Google Maps … Continue reading
Iceland in Africa Geography Fail
Another epic map fail. In this one you can see how they made the mistake. They overlayed a little cut-away of Europe in the bottom right corner on a map of Africa, and forgot to remove the Iceland label for Iceland. … Continue reading
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