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Map services have become super popular these days, and everyone seems to be using them, especially for their daily commute given the fact that most also include traffic information. And yet, Australians living in Melbourne and using Bing Maps were surprised to find out that Microsoft actually placed their city in the wrong hemisphere due to what seemed to be an issue affecting coordinates. As The Reg reports, whenever users searched for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on Bing Maps, Microsoft claimed the city was at 37.813610, 144.963100, and while the coordinates were right, not the same thing could be said about the hemisphere. Blaming Wikipedia When contacted on Twitter, Microsoft actually acknowledged the bug and blamed Wikipedia for putting Melbourne in the wrong hemisphere. While it’s a little surprising to see a company the size of... ...