[LINK] Google has more problems: bad maps

[Jan Whitaker]

[what is it TomW is always telling us about mobile applications? See 
the last line and it all makes sense]


Google lawsuit: Woman follows directions, gets run over




SAMUEL AXON

June 1, 2010 - 4:47PM


This <http://mashable.com/2010/05/30/google-maps-lawsuit/>post was 
originally published on <http://mashable.com/>Mashable.com

When Google Maps' walking directions instructed Lauren Rosenberg to 
walk along a very busy highway with no pedestrian walkway, she 
followed the directions exactly.

Unfortunately, she was hit by a car in the process. Now she is suing 
Google for damages, Search Engine Land reports.

The walking directions from 96 Daly Ave to 1710 Prospector Ave in 
Park City, Utah, told Rosenberg to walk just over one half of a mile 
along Deer Valley Drive, also known as Highway 224.

The highway did not have pavements or any other pedestrian-friendly 
amenities and Rosenberg was struck by a car driven by a man named 
Patrick Harwood.

Rosenberg filed suit against both Harwood and Google, claiming both 
carried responsibility in her injury.

Her lawyers claim that Google is liable because it did not warn her 
that the route would not offer a safe place for a pedestrian to walk.

The Google Maps website does do that, as pictured here. However, 
Rosenberg says she used Google Maps on her BlackBerry, which did not 
show that warning, so she is suing for more than $100,000.

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