{"id":201791,"date":"2016-03-25T19:52:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T19:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=201791"},"modified":"2016-03-25T19:52:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T19:52:20","slug":"womans-home-demolished-google-maps-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/womans-home-demolished-google-maps-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman’s home demolished after Google Maps error"},"content":{"rendered":"
A woman whose house was damaged by a tornado late last year now owns nothing but rubble.<\/p>\n
A demolition crew destroyed her building by mistake on Tuesday after Google Maps provided wrong directions.<\/p>\n
Instead of navigating workers to a duplex on Cousteau Drive in Rowlett, Texas, Google Maps took them a block away to Diaz’s duplex on Calypso Drive.<\/p>\n
“[Google’s] mistake caused me to lose my home,” she told CNNMoney on Friday.<\/p>\n
Google acknowledged the Maps error in an email, and said it’s investigating the cause.<\/p>\n
“Google Maps did indeed show incorrect information for the houses in question,” a spokeswoman told CNNMoney. “The issue was fixed as soon as it was brought to our attention.”<\/p>\n
Google Maps now points to Diaz’s home accurately. Apple (AAPL<\/span>, Tech30) Maps, Yahoo Maps and MapQuest also display the correct information.<\/p>\n \n Google (GOOGL<\/span>, Tech30) Maps uses a combination of satellite, aerial and street-level images and data to chart the world. The company also takes submissions and change requests through its Google Map Maker tool to keep its maps up to date.<\/p>\n GPS errors occur quite frequently — as anyone with a smartphone or GPS device knows.<\/p>\n And even though there’s a pretty big difference between getting wrong directions to a party and getting wrong directions to a house you’re about to demolish, technology can’t be fully to blame.<\/p>\n Diaz told CNN affiliate KTVT that a site supervisor confirmed several facts about the demolition site with his crew before work began: the house number, that it was a corner lot, the tornado damage.<\/p>\n He said “yes, yes, yes,” according to Diaz. “Except the street wasn’t confirmed.”<\/p>\n The company, Billy L. Nabors Demolition, did not respond to request for comment on Friday.<\/p>\n The correct house was also eventually demolished.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A woman whose house was damaged by a tornado late last year now owns nothing but rubble. A demolition crew destroyed her building by mistake on Tuesday after Google Maps provided wrong directions. Instead of navigating workers to a duplex on Cousteau Drive in Rowlett, Texas, Google Maps took them a block away to Diaz’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n