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- Nathan_Adams0
The issue in Australia is that Apple Maps are tagging council areas, which in regional areas can be very large, and occasionally share a name with a town they contain. In this case, searching for Mildura picks up the Mildura Rural City Council instead of the town. The marker for it is simply in the centre point of the council area. I'm not saying that's not a big problem, it is, but it's a different issue from "it's in the wrong place".
What's more interesting though is the idiocy of those who got lost. Mildura is a riverside holiday town, and I'd hazard to guess anyone going to Mildura would be well aware of that fact (otherwise, why are you going there?). It's clearly not going to be down endless dirt roads into the middle of nowhere.
Worse, if you look at where Apple Maps takes the wrong left turn, it's in the town of Ouyen. Not 100m before the intersection is this clearly labelled sign showing the direction to Mildura.
- "no honey make the left, siri says it's a left right up ahead..."prophetone