Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Trust, but verify

Recently, I had to get to Bloomingdale's in SoHo area in Manhattan.
I got my iPhone, started Google Maps, and typed "Bloomingdales".
So far, so good. It found couple locations in the vicinity and one of them is correctly listed as 504 Broadway, New York.
However, when zooming in to get street intersection, I found that something was wrong:
It's pointed to NoHo area, and not even Broadway.
Luckily I knew that it was a wrong location, and did not walk there (it would have taken me 1/2 mile off course).

Bing.com was more accurate in displaying the same address.
Typing the exact address to Google maps, finally gave me the correct location.
All well, that ends well - I got to my destination.


It shows once again, that one must not blindly trust the technology, because somewhere, someone might have made a mistake, and that mistake would translate into lost time or some unpleasant situation.
As Ronald Reagan used to say: Trust, but verify.

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