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Google Maps confusion results in German tourists getting stuck in Queensland bush

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 22 Feb 2024, 7:49pm
Photo/Tourism Queensland
Photo/Tourism Queensland

Google Maps confusion results in German tourists getting stuck in Queensland bush

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 22 Feb 2024, 7:49pm

Google maps have led a pair of German tourists stuck Queensland bush for a week.

The pair rented a four-wheel drive vehicle to drive through wilderness in Cape-York - but the map app sent them into a bog.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says Google Maps work differently in such isolated places.

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