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Wrecking Crew Demolishes Wrong Housing Duplex Following Google Maps Error (cnet.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A demolition company has leveled the wrong housing duplex after one of its employees was misled by a Google Maps error. Instead of bringing down a house destroyed by a tornado in Rowlett, Texas at 7601 Cousteau Drive, the wrecking crew demolished another home at 7601 and 7603 Calypso Drive, a block away. Owners of the second house were waiting for their house to be repaired, since it didn't suffer major damages in the tornado. The demolition company's CEO dismissed the incident as "not a big deal." The wrecking crew used Google Maps to find the house to demolish because they were brought in from a neighboring town, but failed to double-check with a neighbor before starting their work. A Google engineer confirmed that Google Maps was showing the wrong information.
"All information contained with Google Maps is provided for Entertainment purposes only and should not be relied upon for complete accuracy, up to and including: GPS guidance for self-guided weapons systems, Pizza Delivery, and House Demolition."
and they demolished the neighbors.
Both the houses were white with shingle roofs.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
Close to where I live, there's a street which starts in one town and runs into another town. Street name does not change at the town border. #1 is neighbours with... #1. Those people get each other's mail and visitors all the time. Nobody saw that one coming.
It should be a requirement for any developer, house builder, or city planning department to be a delivery person for at least 6 months. You will see the end of stupid addressing and small, hard to make out numbers REAL quick.
This rant brought to you by someone who has also been mistaken as Mr. Amazon.com man this past winter.
He didn't spell it "per say". He's in the top quartile just for that.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"Aha," says the surgeon. "So this is the thumb that has something wrong with it?" Ka-chop.
He made it too easy. Should've written "The other thumb is not the incorrect one." Everybody loves logic puzzles!
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
And Yes... there was such a time as Before Google Maps, hard as it may seem to imagine.
Ah, someone else who remembers Mapquest. ;-P
Are you suggesting that as a rule of thumb?