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Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:14:45 -0500
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I'm sorry, but that's a demolition worker error, not a Google Maps GPS 
error.



Angela R Cope wrote:
>
>
> A Texas homeowner has said her life has been “wrecked” after a GPS 
> error resulted in her house being accidentally demolished, according 
> to local reports.
>
> Demolition workers were supposed to knock down a building at 7601 
> Cousteau Drive, but Google Maps directed them one block away to 7601 
> Calypso Drive.
>
> Lindsay Diaz, the owner of 7601 Calypso Drive, was informed by a 
> neighbour that her home had been destroyed.
>
>
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> *From:* Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:42 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Another reason to not fully trust Google Maps and similar
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/google-maps-error-sees-wrong-house-demolished/ar-BBqRwb7?li=BBnb4R7 
>
>
>
> Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]>



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