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View Full Version : What's that, Google? Moscow is in America's Heartland?




GSMiller
Jul 8, 2009, 03:28 PM
Ah, Google Maps. More than ever people are using the service to get them where they need to go. However, I probably wouldn't use the service if I was en route to Moscow.

I was poking around CNN.com and found a link to Fortune's list of the World's 500 Largest Companies (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2009/snapshots/6388.html). I began reading through the list when I noticed there was another link which showed you, on Google Maps, where the headquarters of these companies are located. It was then that I discovered that Moscow isn't as far away as previously thought...



iShater
Jul 8, 2009, 03:35 PM
If you zoom in you notice that the town name is Moscow, the country is missing, thus the error. Data error, not Google error it seems.