EMBARRASSING: A filepic of Google Maps. Google apologised for the inappropriate image and said it was working to step up verification of user edits on its Map Maker platform.
SAN FRANCISCO: Google was re-evaluating its user-edited online map system April 24 after the latest embarrassing incident – an image of an Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo.
The image, part of a crowd-sourced edit on Google Maps, appeared briefly at a Pakistani location before it was removed by the online giant.
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