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12-30-2017, 06:01 AM
Taiwan accidentally put Dulles Airport on its e-passports and Google Images could be why
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Confusing a major American airport for a Taiwanese travel hub seems unlikely in official government documents, but that's exactly what happened with Taiwan's new e-passports.
SEE ALSO: Google's new Maps feature highlights different locations based on what you're doing (http://mashable.com/2017/11/15/google-maps-redesign-icons/)
An exterior shot of Washington Dulles International from the American capital made it onto the background of Taiwan's newly issued digital passports. It was supposed to be a shot of Taoyuan International Airport.
Here's the since-recalled (http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201712260026.aspx) passport:*
Taiwan to recall passports with erroneous Dulles Airport image https://t.co/zyltSgv8Yf pic.twitter.com/TDbkD9MkR3 (https://t.co/TDbkD9MkR3)
— 張Will (@2880e014) December 27, 2017 (https://twitter.com/2880e014/status/945821130916532225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/29/taiwan-dulles-airport-passport-mistake-google-images/)
More about Taiwan (http://mashable.com/category/taiwan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Airports (http://mashable.com/category/airports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Passport (http://mashable.com/category/passport/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Google Images (http://mashable.com/category/google-images/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Dulles (http://mashable.com/category/dulles/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Svp6ItmbMTA
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Confusing a major American airport for a Taiwanese travel hub seems unlikely in official government documents, but that's exactly what happened with Taiwan's new e-passports.
SEE ALSO: Google's new Maps feature highlights different locations based on what you're doing (http://mashable.com/2017/11/15/google-maps-redesign-icons/)
An exterior shot of Washington Dulles International from the American capital made it onto the background of Taiwan's newly issued digital passports. It was supposed to be a shot of Taoyuan International Airport.
Here's the since-recalled (http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201712260026.aspx) passport:*
Taiwan to recall passports with erroneous Dulles Airport image https://t.co/zyltSgv8Yf pic.twitter.com/TDbkD9MkR3 (https://t.co/TDbkD9MkR3)
— 張Will (@2880e014) December 27, 2017 (https://twitter.com/2880e014/status/945821130916532225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/29/taiwan-dulles-airport-passport-mistake-google-images/)
More about Taiwan (http://mashable.com/category/taiwan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Airports (http://mashable.com/category/airports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Passport (http://mashable.com/category/passport/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Google Images (http://mashable.com/category/google-images/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Dulles (http://mashable.com/category/dulles/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Svp6ItmbMTA