http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-maps-error-sparks-international-conflict-20101108-17jl3.html
QuoteA Google Maps error is being blamed for Nicaraguan troops accidentally invading Costa Rica last week.
The troops have been accused of crossing the hotly disputed Nicaragua border into Costa Rica and setting up camp for the night after taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag.
But their commander, Eden Pastora, told Costa Rica's largest newspaper, La Nacion, that Google Maps was used to justify the incursion. Nicaraguan government officials have also blamed a "bug in Google" for the error.
:lulz:
This sounds too much like an Onion article.
(http://images.smh.com.au/2010/11/08/2031549/borderdispute2main-420x0.jpg)
That cat in the middle is totally doing a facepalm. :lulz:
This is just too hard to swallow. Well their Central American incompetence is on full display; what type of nation relies on google maps for military intelligence and international border disputes?
I wonder what will happen to the poor soul who was in command of those soldiers that day.