So apparently Apple is now officially a life-threatening health hazard in the state of Victoria. Don't believe me? Check it out here! I know I'm an Australian linking to the BBC for a story about Australia, but their coverage of this has been pretty good and there is a link to the official Victoria Police statement.
To be fair, this isn't for the whole of Apple, just their new map system that they came up with because they decided they were too good for Google Maps. This map system told users that Mildura was in the middle of Murray Sunset National Park, 70km (45 miles) away.
To put this in perspective for Americans, this means that you could be looking for a location in Maryland and be directed to New Jersey - ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DELAWARE!
For Europeans, this is wider than the Straight of Dover in the English Channel. You could be aiming for Calais, in France, and directed to England.
This is made even worse by the fact that the Murray Sunset National Park is a desert and it is not unusual for people to drive to Mildura without taking provisions for an extended stay in a desert after their car has broken down because they've driven around for ages looking for a town that isn't there.
So essentially, Apple fails, and today I am exceedingly glad that I am an Android user!
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