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Apple map app leads Aussie drivers astray

Police in Australia say an incorrect listing on

Photo credit: AP | Police in Australia say an incorrect listing on the Apple Maps application has led motorists astray in harsh country. (Sept. 20, 2012)

Drivers in Australia were stranded in a national park for a day without food and water after being led astray by the Apple iPhone mapping application, according to police in the state of Victoria.

Maps on iPhones with the iOS 6 operating system list the northwestern Victorian city of Mildura in the middle of the Murray Sunset National Park about 44 miles away, state police said Monday in a...

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