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Australian authorities blame Apple Maps for inaccuracies in brushfire warning app
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/13/2013 09:59 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Officials in Victoria, Australia are pointing at Apple's much-maligned Maps App for causing dangerous inaccuracies in a bushfire information app, saying that problems with the mapping service make it difficult to determine exactly where fires are when alarms are received.
From Apple Insider:
Australian authorities blame Apple Maps for inaccuracies in brushfire warning app
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Country Fire Authority in Victoria is blaming Apple's mapping data for errors in its own FireReady bushfire information app. Officials say that they were forced to rely on Apple Maps for FireReady, which is available on the iPhone and the iPad.
Australian authorities blame Apple Maps for inaccuracies in brushfire warning app
