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Last year, Google (GOOG) announced it was hiring 300 temporary workers to improve the accuracy of Google Maps—and with good reason. From underwater cities to reigniting 15th century border wars, Google Maps gaffes have created quite the controversy. Here’s a look at the most memorable ones.
Detour Needed
For the last three years, a technical glitch in Google Maps has led tourists looking for the entrance to Round Valley State Park in New Jersey to the driveway of resident Laurie Gneiding. Gneiding tells ABC News that the number of tourists visiting their house grew from a handful to far too many this summer.
Gneiding, who purchased an 8-foot-long traffic barricade and signs, says even that hasn’t stopped tourists from pulling into her driveway. During the July 4th holiday this year, she made a sign on a sheet of plywood saying, “NOT Park Entrance... Private Driveway... Google Maps is Wrong!”
Costa Rica Accidentally Invades Nicaragua
In November 2010, Nicaraguan troops unknowingly crossed the border to Costa Rica, removed that country’s flag and replaced it with their own. The reason: Google Maps told the troops’ commander the territory belonged to Nicaragua.
As a result, the Organization of American States and the U.N. Security Council were called in to mediate the border dispute, determining, in fact, that Google Maps was wrong.
Taking On Water
What happened to two French islands off the coast of Newfoundland in May 2010? According to Google Maps, they went the way of Atlantis—entirely submerged by water.
The person who reported this error to Google clearly had fun with it, writing, “Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: There are roads, but the land appears to be missing. That’s probably a problem: I’m pretty sure they haven’t sunk beneath the waves yet.”
Still Closed for Business
The Intercounty Connector, Maryland’s first all-electronic toll road, is scheduled to open in full by Spring 2012. In March, the state opened a six-mile stretch, but a Google Maps error reported that all 18.8 miles were open for business. Unknowing passersby relying on Google Maps were none-too-thrilled with their unexpected detour.
Sunsetting a City
For a month last summer, Sunrise, Fla., was a victim of Google Maps’ black hole. It no longer existed.
Instead, people who searched Google Maps for the city were redirected to Sarasota, Fla.—similar in alphabetical listing, though some 200 miles apart. Also gone were Sunrise’s businesses, addresses and phone numbers from Web searches. Even its city hall and other public spaces were absent. Google later fixed the “technical error”, putting Sunrise back on the map.
Reigniting a European Border War
Google Maps brought a border dispute from the 15th century back into the news in February when it placed most of the harbor in Emden, Germany, under Dutch sovereignty.
According to the Dutch, the harbor lies between the northern Netherlands and Germany, but Germans claim the entire estuary as their territory.(CIO.com)
看谷歌地圖出糗
去年，谷歌宣布临时雇佣300名员工以修改并提高谷歌地图的正确性——事实证明这是项正确的决议。曾经出现的错误包括城市入水，标错的国境差点重燃15世纪某两国国境之战等，谷歌地图已经因为各种BUG招来了不少争议。让我们来重温一下这些经典错误。
借地停车
近三年以来，谷歌地图上的一个技术性错误使得使用该地图寻找新泽西圆谷州立公园停车场的游客总是绕到当地居民劳伦·格内汀家的车道上。格内汀在接受ABC新闻采访时表示，去年还没几名游客会跑到他们家去停车，但今年夏天简直是车满为患。
格內汀购买了一排总长八英尺的路障，还制作了路标，但她说这根本不能阻止外地游客想方设法进入他们家的车道停车。今年7月4日的假期里，她用三合板制作了一块标语，上书：“这里不是停车场……这里是私人车道……谷歌地图标错了！”
哥斯达黎加不小心入侵了尼加拉瓜
2010年11月，尼加拉瓜的军队秘密越过哥斯达黎加边境，拔掉了哥斯达黎加的国旗，改插上尼加拉瓜的国旗。理由很简单：军队指挥官从谷歌地图获悉，这块领土属于尼加拉瓜。
结果，两国要求美国国家组织和联合国安理会参与调解国境纠纷问题，最终确定事情的真相是谷歌地图出了问题。
水下闲谈
2010年5月，纽芬兰海岸旁的两个法属岛屿去哪儿了？在谷歌地图上我们可以看到，这两个岛屿步了亚特兰蒂斯的后尘——完全被海水所淹没。
很明显，举报这一问题的人乐在其中，他写道：“圣皮埃尔和密克隆岛的道路还是有的，土地却不见了。这里大概有点问题，因为我很确定岛民们还没被海水淹死。”
还没开通？
马里兰州县际高速公路是该州首条全自动电子收费道路，预定于2012年春完全通车。今年3月，马里兰州开放了一段长6公里的路段进行试通车，但谷歌地图错误地认为全长18.8公里的公路已经全部对外开放了。所幸那些不知情又依赖于谷歌地图的乘客在发现自己必须绕路时并没有什么过激行为。
消失的森赖斯镇
去年夏天，佛罗里达州森赖斯镇也成了谷歌地图BUG的受害者。所幸这一错误已经被更正。
当时如果在谷歌地图上搜索这个小镇，地图会指向同在佛罗里达州的萨拉索塔镇——用字母顺序排列的话这两个镇是相近的，但从地理位置上来说它们相距200公里。与此同时，森赖斯镇的店面介绍、地址和电话也全部从搜索引擎里消失。好在还能搜索得到这个镇上的公共设施。谷歌后来修正了这一“技术问题”，重新在地图上标注了森赖斯镇的相关信息。
重燃欧洲边境战争
二月里谷歌地图欧洲区国境部分集体穿越回15世纪，德国埃姆登的海港大部分被划归为荷兰领土。
荷兰方面表示，海港为荷兰及德国所共有，但德国方面声称，整个海港的使用权均为德国所有。 （译言网）
Detour Needed
For the last three years, a technical glitch in Google Maps has led tourists looking for the entrance to Round Valley State Park in New Jersey to the driveway of resident Laurie Gneiding. Gneiding tells ABC News that the number of tourists visiting their house grew from a handful to far too many this summer.
Gneiding, who purchased an 8-foot-long traffic barricade and signs, says even that hasn’t stopped tourists from pulling into her driveway. During the July 4th holiday this year, she made a sign on a sheet of plywood saying, “NOT Park Entrance... Private Driveway... Google Maps is Wrong!”
Costa Rica Accidentally Invades Nicaragua
In November 2010, Nicaraguan troops unknowingly crossed the border to Costa Rica, removed that country’s flag and replaced it with their own. The reason: Google Maps told the troops’ commander the territory belonged to Nicaragua.
As a result, the Organization of American States and the U.N. Security Council were called in to mediate the border dispute, determining, in fact, that Google Maps was wrong.
Taking On Water
What happened to two French islands off the coast of Newfoundland in May 2010? According to Google Maps, they went the way of Atlantis—entirely submerged by water.
The person who reported this error to Google clearly had fun with it, writing, “Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: There are roads, but the land appears to be missing. That’s probably a problem: I’m pretty sure they haven’t sunk beneath the waves yet.”
Still Closed for Business
The Intercounty Connector, Maryland’s first all-electronic toll road, is scheduled to open in full by Spring 2012. In March, the state opened a six-mile stretch, but a Google Maps error reported that all 18.8 miles were open for business. Unknowing passersby relying on Google Maps were none-too-thrilled with their unexpected detour.
Sunsetting a City
For a month last summer, Sunrise, Fla., was a victim of Google Maps’ black hole. It no longer existed.
Instead, people who searched Google Maps for the city were redirected to Sarasota, Fla.—similar in alphabetical listing, though some 200 miles apart. Also gone were Sunrise’s businesses, addresses and phone numbers from Web searches. Even its city hall and other public spaces were absent. Google later fixed the “technical error”, putting Sunrise back on the map.
Reigniting a European Border War
Google Maps brought a border dispute from the 15th century back into the news in February when it placed most of the harbor in Emden, Germany, under Dutch sovereignty.
According to the Dutch, the harbor lies between the northern Netherlands and Germany, but Germans claim the entire estuary as their territory.(CIO.com)
看谷歌地圖出糗
去年，谷歌宣布临时雇佣300名员工以修改并提高谷歌地图的正确性——事实证明这是项正确的决议。曾经出现的错误包括城市入水，标错的国境差点重燃15世纪某两国国境之战等，谷歌地图已经因为各种BUG招来了不少争议。让我们来重温一下这些经典错误。
借地停车
近三年以来，谷歌地图上的一个技术性错误使得使用该地图寻找新泽西圆谷州立公园停车场的游客总是绕到当地居民劳伦·格内汀家的车道上。格内汀在接受ABC新闻采访时表示，去年还没几名游客会跑到他们家去停车，但今年夏天简直是车满为患。
格內汀购买了一排总长八英尺的路障，还制作了路标，但她说这根本不能阻止外地游客想方设法进入他们家的车道停车。今年7月4日的假期里，她用三合板制作了一块标语，上书：“这里不是停车场……这里是私人车道……谷歌地图标错了！”
哥斯达黎加不小心入侵了尼加拉瓜
2010年11月，尼加拉瓜的军队秘密越过哥斯达黎加边境，拔掉了哥斯达黎加的国旗，改插上尼加拉瓜的国旗。理由很简单：军队指挥官从谷歌地图获悉，这块领土属于尼加拉瓜。
结果，两国要求美国国家组织和联合国安理会参与调解国境纠纷问题，最终确定事情的真相是谷歌地图出了问题。
水下闲谈
2010年5月，纽芬兰海岸旁的两个法属岛屿去哪儿了？在谷歌地图上我们可以看到，这两个岛屿步了亚特兰蒂斯的后尘——完全被海水所淹没。
很明显，举报这一问题的人乐在其中，他写道：“圣皮埃尔和密克隆岛的道路还是有的，土地却不见了。这里大概有点问题，因为我很确定岛民们还没被海水淹死。”
还没开通？
马里兰州县际高速公路是该州首条全自动电子收费道路，预定于2012年春完全通车。今年3月，马里兰州开放了一段长6公里的路段进行试通车，但谷歌地图错误地认为全长18.8公里的公路已经全部对外开放了。所幸那些不知情又依赖于谷歌地图的乘客在发现自己必须绕路时并没有什么过激行为。
消失的森赖斯镇
去年夏天，佛罗里达州森赖斯镇也成了谷歌地图BUG的受害者。所幸这一错误已经被更正。
当时如果在谷歌地图上搜索这个小镇，地图会指向同在佛罗里达州的萨拉索塔镇——用字母顺序排列的话这两个镇是相近的，但从地理位置上来说它们相距200公里。与此同时，森赖斯镇的店面介绍、地址和电话也全部从搜索引擎里消失。好在还能搜索得到这个镇上的公共设施。谷歌后来修正了这一“技术问题”，重新在地图上标注了森赖斯镇的相关信息。
重燃欧洲边境战争
二月里谷歌地图欧洲区国境部分集体穿越回15世纪，德国埃姆登的海港大部分被划归为荷兰领土。
荷兰方面表示，海港为荷兰及德国所共有，但德国方面声称，整个海港的使用权均为德国所有。 （译言网）