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To: LibWhacker
Faulty online mapping linked to wrong turn disaster

This makes his death kind of ironic, unfortunately.

20 posted on 12/08/2006 10:41:27 AM PST by jdm
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To: jdm

You know, it's crazy... I've been given many bad/incorrect routes by online mapping services (I just haven't been sent on a death ride yet). It's hard to believe tech-savvy James Kim wouldn't know that you have to take those maps with a grain of salt, especially in the backcountry.


26 posted on 12/08/2006 10:49:59 AM PST by LibWhacker
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