Bing Maps puts Melbourne in the ocean just east of Japan
Online map services have made for some very memorable gaffes, from Apple Maps' disastrous directions that sent people through rivers and into deserts, to the Google Maps error that led workers to demolish the wrong house. Not to be outdone, Microsoft's Bing Maps was recently found to have misplaced an entire city.When someone at IT industry news site The Register tried to locate Melbourne on Microsoft's Bing Maps last week, the Victorian capital wasn't even displayed in the correct hemisphere, ..>> view originalHonor 8 hands-on review
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
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