Google Maps is full of mysteries, strange coordinates and rarely visited places. The navigation application is one of the most used at the moment along with Waze, but it is not free from some errors when locating towns.
Google Maps has duplicated on this occasion the town Castil de Carrias located in the province of Burgos. This municipality is located 57 kilometers from the capital of the province, but It also appears in the Ribera del Duero region, more than 160 kilometers from its real location..
Castil de Carrias is an area that has been depopulated for 30 years, three kilometers from the municipality of Carrias. The town It appears twice on Google Maps a few days ago: in the La Bureba region and in Ribera del Duero.
History is not new in this map application. The confusion has also spread to the town of Bárcena de Bureba, although this town is practically abandoned.
Repeated towns on Google Maps end up in the same place
Google Maps has chosen a location in Burgos to mark all the repeated towns, with the confusion that this can generate for drivers. If you are looking for municipalities like Castil de Carrias or Bárcena de Bureba, The application will send you to the same place on a mountain in La Ribera del Duero near some vineyards.
The abandoned municipality of Castil de Carrias has hardly any visitors at the end of the year, but a mix-up with Google Maps can increase the route by a couple of hours. The difference between the wrong location and the real one is 162 kilometers.
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Google Maps has gone further and shows the wrong location as the first option. “To travel to the unpopulated area belonging to Carrias, the user must search for “Castil de Carrias” and click on the second option, which shows the name of the town twice,” he warned. Burgos Connect. Another option is to look for nearby towns such as Carrias, Bañuelos de Bureba, Quintanaloranco or Loranquillo.
The users themselves have contacted Google Maps and those from Mountain View have confirmed that they are working to place the Burgos towns in their correct location as soon as possible.
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Tags: Google Maps, Curiosities