Google News' embarrassing Google Maps graphics Gaffe!!
A Google Maps graphic accompanying a story about Russian incursions into Georgia shows a map of Savannah, Georgia. This has since been corrected. The image of the original story is shown below. (via slashdot).
The location shown in the 1st line of the story is "Java, Georgia". If you feed "Java, Georgia" into Google's Geocoding API the address returned is: "Java Pl, Savannah, GA 31401, USA" with the coordinates as -81.091239,32.061962,0. You can try it by clicking --> http://www.mibazaar.com/education/gzipproxy.php?location=java,georgia
So based on the geocoding API the map is correct however as it relates to the story it is not.

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