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Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps (www.smh.com.au)

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Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps::It was unclear how the trail in British Columbia had appeared on Google Maps in the first place.

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[-] kenbw2@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Yea it's clunky as hell and unusable for driving, but as a browsable walking map it's the best

[-] Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Organic maps

[-] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Is not much better unfortunately, searching is garbage too

[-] Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I've had some good luck but it definitely needs some work still

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