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September 25, 2005
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Shanghai traffic is taking a turn for the worse with cell phone navigation systems that rely on counterfeit maps.
The Shanghai Daily said drivers were tempted to buy the counterfeit maps because they were much cheaper. A manager from one of the authorised firms told the paper: "Generally a GPS device costs about 10,000 yuan but a fake one equipped with a counterfeit electric map can be available for several thousand yuan or even less.
Fake maps now far exceeded the number of legal ones, the paper reported.
Source: BBC News, Fake maps fox Shanghai drivers, Thursday, 22 September, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4270922.stm
Posted by sjc at September 25, 2005 2:30 PM
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