GPS Tracklog: Major Mio Map Mistakes

March 17, 2007

Major Mio Map Mistakes

Sure, your GPS isn't perfect, and you have to pair its directions with a healthy dose of common sense, but at least it usually gets the countries right!

I'm sure Mio will fix their website shortly, so enjoy it while you can. And while I doubt that this carries over to their GPS receivers, it sure is funny. More hilarious map screenshots after the jump. Via Digg.

Mar 17, 2007 12:32:35 PM | Maps

7 Comments

Some confusion here:
The first picture doesn't show France, it shows Switzerland.
second shows is not Germany, it's Sweden
3rd shows not Italy, but Spain.
4th shows not Spain, but Germany
5th shows not Sweden, but France
6th shows not Switzerland, but Ireland.

Who the heck tought you Geographics?

Kind regards
Peter

Posted by: P. Mehdorn | March 19, 2007 at 07:21 AM

I think it´s clear that something went wrong with the internal indexes of that software... So it´s only funny at the first glance. :-)

Posted by: Michael | March 19, 2007 at 09:15 AM

Seems fixed now. Except for Slovakia which is still "undefined" :-)

Posted by: aridor | March 19, 2007 at 01:47 PM

hey peter

Who the heck tought you Geographics?

you're right when saying that they don't show what they claim to, but they definitely don't show what you think they do!
so check a map and next time think before you write!

kind regards
besserwisser

Posted by: klugscheisser | March 19, 2007 at 06:53 PM

Hey Peter, who taught you to spell tought? And Geographics? It's called Geography!

Posted by: Fred Bloggs | March 22, 2007 at 05:07 PM

It's kind of ironic that the first person to comment on Mio getting all the countries wrong got them all wrong himself. But then again, maybe it's expected. =)

Posted by: Joona Palaste | March 26, 2007 at 06:53 AM

The first picture does not show Switzerland, nor does it show France. You are both wrong. It shows Finland! As a matter of fact, you got them all wrong. (On purpose?)

First != France, = Finland
Second != Germany, = France
Third != Italy, = Germany
Fourth != Spain, = Sweden
Fifth != Sweden, = Poland
Sixth != Switzerland, = Portugal.

Either your map software is lousy, or you are lousy in Geography, or else you wanted to imitate MIO with your own results.

Posted by: Gerard Perreault | May 25, 2007 at 10:48 PM

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