Post by rubl on Aug 28, 2016 20:09:39 GMT 7
It must be true, I read it on the Internet and Microsoft confirmed it 
"Microsoft can't tell North from South on Bing Maps
City of Melbourne, population four million, placed in the wrong hemisphere
Microsoft has misplaced Melbourne, the four-million-inhabitant capital of the Australian State of Victoria.
A search on Bing Maps for “Melbourne, Victoria, Australia” says the city is at 37.813610, 144.963100 which we've screen-captured above (or here for those reading our mobile site).
The co-ordinates are right save for one important detail: Melbourne is at 37.8136° South. Bing's therefore put it in the wrong hemisphere."
regmedia.co.uk/2016/08/21/bing_mistake_melbourne.jpg
www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/23/microsoft_lost_a_city_because_it_used_bad_wikipedia_data/
"Microsoft can't tell North from South on Bing Maps
City of Melbourne, population four million, placed in the wrong hemisphere
Microsoft has misplaced Melbourne, the four-million-inhabitant capital of the Australian State of Victoria.
A search on Bing Maps for “Melbourne, Victoria, Australia” says the city is at 37.813610, 144.963100 which we've screen-captured above (or here for those reading our mobile site).
The co-ordinates are right save for one important detail: Melbourne is at 37.8136° South. Bing's therefore put it in the wrong hemisphere."
regmedia.co.uk/2016/08/21/bing_mistake_melbourne.jpg
www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/23/microsoft_lost_a_city_because_it_used_bad_wikipedia_data/
