Digital Map Error May Have Led To Minesweeper Grounding

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A digital chart used by the minesweeper USS Guardian to navigate Philippine waters misplaced the location of a reef by about eight nautical miles, and may have been a significant factor when the ship drove hard aground on the reef on Jan.

Dave Cottrell’s insight:

Pehaps they were using i-Maps…

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