The Chilean government is upset with Google Earth for moving one of its villages to Argentina. The 1,100 residents of Villa O’Higgins, which was named after a Chilean hero, do in fact live in Chile–to the left of the yellow line–instead of Argentina, the territory to the right. The Chilean government has petitioned Google to change its map markers to reflect that fact.
In Google Earth’s defense, this area does have a very complicated border–and the two countries have almost gone to war over it.
Villa O’Higgins is about 1,000 miles south of Santiago, Chile’s capital. Contrary to the location marked on this Google Earth image, the village is well west of the border separating Chile and Argentina.
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