Opinion: What happens when Google loses your address? You cease to exist.
The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone 4S on Dec. 13, 2012. Two and a half years ago, my dad and his wife took an Uber from the airport to my house in Washington, D.C., as they’ve done many times before. Only this time, it took them to the wrong place: an empty lot by a cemetery, two miles from my house. My dad told the Uber driver it was not my house, but the driver didn’t believe him.
When I tried to warn people about this problem , it didn’t help. Google Maps is so accurate so much of the time, and we are so reliant on its omniscience, that it seemed inconceivable it could be totally, utterly wrong. People nodded and smiled at me — and then wound up at the ghost house anyway.This past December we had a holiday party, and half a dozen people found themselves at the cemetery.
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