Comments on: Google Maps gets its Georgia’s mixed up

By: Kiltak

Kiltak — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:33:12 +0000

It was a mistake and changed right away Khayaat :)

By: Khayaat

Khayaat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:34:14 +0000

It doesnt say IN Russia, it clearly states NEAR. You are clearly a copy writer Mackenzie and NOT double checking your work.

By: Doctor Fate

Doctor Fate — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:49:40 +0000

I agree, the ones to blame are not Google or Wikipedia, but the AP, and Sky News copy writers for not double checking which Georgia they pasted in their articles.

By: Niamh

Niamh — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:20:37 +0000

Surely it is an Associated Press Report mistake, and not a google maps mistake??? Come on like.

By: Seth Ward

Seth Ward — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:18:47 +0000

If it was still the Georgian S.S.R. this would never have happened.

By: John Dekker

John Dekker — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:11:27 +0000

Ironically, the author of this post got his apostrophe’s mixed up…

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:32:08 +0000

Mark O’Neill: “So if you’re living in Georgia, you’d best pack and start heading for the border! According to Google and Wikipedia, you’re about to be visited by the Russian Army!”

Uh, Mark, that won’t happen. All jesting aside, this is one reason we have the second amendment. In a country as heavily armed as the United States, no foreign invader would stand a chance. So, bring ‘em on!

By: edjay

edjay — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:59:20 +0000

………next thing you know, 3 million Americans will have been abducted by Alien “Ruskies”.

“Hey ma, the Ruskies are right here in the US of A, we’ll have to give even more taxpayers money to the military government so they can kill them………and the aliens”.

A mistake, or a good reason to kindle the “reds under the beds” paranoia? At the very least, it shows first-hand what a very real effect the news-media has on the public.

I wonder how many people will pay heed to this? People like Jake………I doubt it very much.

What about the justice for the hundreds of murdered children in Beslan in 2004: That is, if you can find it on the map near Georgia.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

The death toll from 330 or more dead hostages included 186 children – The world press tries to avoid this issue by calling them students. Does this sound like the same Georgia in America?

http://public.fotki.com/yartsev/beslan_tragedy_-/school_seige_traged/24.html

http://www.moscowhelp.org/en/index.html

Ok, that’s my relative morning rant. :-/

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:27:27 +0000

You can’t hold Google or Wikipedia accountable for what other people search for. Like in the second example Sky News obviously have either an automated function to search for background info on wikipedia, or some intern is doing it. Either way Sky News didn’t check that they got the right article. Same with the google thing – Google Maps can of course not differentiate between the two places unless you specify which one you mean. If AP or whatever news publication used the search didn’t bother to check that they got the right one, then that doesn’t reflect badly on Google, but on AP.

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:31:41 +0000

Ooops….I’d better not apply for a job with Google Maps then!

By: ImFeelinLucky

ImFeelinLucky — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:17:36 +0000

General Sherman would be proud.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:54:50 +0000

Word has it that Chuck Norris himself is on the way to monitor the situation.