So, instead of knocking down a rundown duplex in a Rowlett neighborhood on the outskirts of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, they took down a homeowner's dwelling a block away. Don't these people check anything? Didn't they notice the furniture and belongings inside the house? Doesn't anyone use their head anymore? It's not the first time that people failed to verify their information before acting. They can blame the GPS for misdirecting them, but did they try using their head? Or maybe there's an error in their paperwork, as when several years back, the IRS seized all the property from the wrong home (and then they wouldn't give it back). And then there's Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, "They're digging in the wrong place!" because the Germans didn't have that last tidbit of information from the back of the staff's headpiece. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Good carpenters measure (at least) twice before they cut. I may use technology as a guide, but I use my head first. Way too often with GPS and other apps, I've found myself saying, "This can't be right" and have just depended on my on reconnoitering. Leslie Wagner Associate Archivist University of Texas at Arlington From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angela R Cope Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Another reason to not fully trust Google Maps and similar 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. ________________________________ From: Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:42 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>