Maps of Australia are all five feet off. Would you be brave enough to use a self-driving car there?

Post date: Aug 4, 2016 1:04:46 AM

Maps of Australia are all five feet off. Would you be brave enough to use a self-driving car there?

By Rick Noack WASHINGTON POST AUGUST 02, 2016

Australia’s extensive road network would theoretically be perfect for self-driving cars.

But there is one major problem: Tectonic movements have pushed the continent five feet away from where it used to be, and where GPS systems assume it is still located. In other words: All maps of Australia are five feet off at the moment.