How do you know we're relying too much on data?

Because due to a discrepancy in the way a border was rendered between Nicaragua and Costa Rica on Google maps, a Nicaraguan military commander invaded the disputed territory and ordered a Costa Rican flag be replaced with a Nicaraguan flag. The differences between Google's rendering and Bing's rendering is below.



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*From Fast Company:

You may well blame the Nicaraguan military for using Google Maps -- which, for all its usefulness in everyday life, is a relatively imprecise tool for official exercises near borders. But it's been little more than three years since the British Navy had the same problem, straying into Iranian waters by accident