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Australian Police Are Telling People to Stop Using Apple Maps

Monday, December 10, 2012 4:11
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The Police department of Mildura, Australia, is warning drivers not to rely on Apple Maps, since the location of that city in Apple’s mapping app is incorrect.
According to the Mildura Police, Apple Maps puts Mildura in the middle of Murray Sunset National Park, some 70 km away from Mildura’s actual location.
To make matters worse, temperatures in the park can go as high as 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit), and there is no water supply. According to the police, some of the drivers that ended up there have been stranded without food or water for “up to 24 hours”. Some had to walk long distances through dangerous terrain just to get phone reception.
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