Archive for November 7th, 2010
Data Quality Issue Sparks Invasion of Costa Rica
When it comes to data, quality is king. Validating that the data is right is an important part of a BI project. Get the data wrong, and bad things can happen.
For example: the State Department sends Google bad border data – and Costa Rica gets invaded.
http://searchengineland.com/nicaragua-raids-costa-rica-blames-google-maps-54885
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/05/nicaragua.raid.google.maps/
That’s my new favorite data quality anecdote