I don't think Google is to blame here. The local authority is for not blocking that road.
Both are clearly to blame. Google's obviously not supposed to be including incomplete roads.
Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge
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Re: Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge
#32I don't think Google is to blame here. The local authority is for not blocking that road.
Both are clearly to blame. Google's obviously not supposed to be including incomplete roads.
It was complete when Google added it. Then "Bridge Was Damaged Months Ago Officials revealed that the Faridpur side of the bridge had been washed away in a flood months earlier."
Re: Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge
#33This article was flagged because it makes Google look bad? (And a comment about hoping for India to develop their own alternative because of incentives was deleted after being down-voted to negative numbers.) Seriously when are people going to wake up to their biases here?
Re: Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge
#34What kind of civil authority doesn't block the entrance of a bridge that's under (re)construction? Expecting Google to keep abreast of worldwide road damage is a bit of a stretch.
Indeed, a standalone TomTom unit with map data from 201x also wouldn't notify you that the bridge is under repair...
Or a map on a piece of paper, for that matter.
Re: Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge
#35I have been noticing a steady degradation in Google Map's ability to navigate and finding things. I'm nearing the tipping point where Apple Map or OpenStreet Maps is making more sense as the daily driver.