Google maps an invasion

I'm no general or anything, but I wouldn't rely on Google Maps to get me to Grandma's house, no less dredge a river without checking my borders first:

Google officials have apologized and promised to fix a flaw in a map that exacerbated a territorial dispute and triggered a Central American invasion. "We determined that there was indeed an error," said a statement from Google after a Nicaraguan commander used the flawed map as justification for last week's incursion into Costa Rica. The erroneous map showed more territory belonging to Nicaragua than actually exists, according to US State Department maps of the area. When Costa Rica complained that Nicaraguan troops were encamped in their nation, Nicaragua's commander pointed to Google's map during a newspaper interview to prove he had done nothing wrong, and refused to move the soldiers.

 Of course, this was a very convenient mistake for Nicaragua, involving a border they have been fighting over for at least 150 years. Most of us, though, are not as grateful when Google trips us up.  I can't tell you how many times I've mapped a route to a new location and found Google directing me the wrong way down a one-way street, to a road that's no longer there, or showing an arrow several blocks from the correct spot.

The lesson is: only use Google to show what you already know. Like Nicaragua?