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Microsoft Can't Tell North From South on Bing Maps

posted by janrinok on Tuesday August 23 2016, @09:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the er,-that's-not-quite-right dept.
has found the following story:

Microsoft has misplaced Melbourne, the four-million-inhabitant capital of the Australian State of Victoria.

A search on Bing Maps for "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia" says the city is at 37.813610, 144.963100 which we've screen-captured above (or here for those reading our mobile site).

The co-ordinates are right save for one important detail: Melbourne is at 37.8136° South. Bing's therefore put it in the wrong hemisphere.

Bing's not alone in finding Australia hard to navigate: in 2012 police warned not to use Apple Maps as it directed those seeking the rural Victorian town of Mildura into the middle of a desert. Apple Maps also sent those looking for the remote city of Mount Isa to an even less hospitable and more remote part of Australia's great inland deserts. ®

What is the best (worst?) IT data error that you can recall? We will discount the old chestnut 'Keyboard not found - Press F12 to continue' but share whatever else you have.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @12:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @12:25AM (#392384)

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