驾车从墨尔本市中心到偏远的米尔杜拉市（人口约3万）本来就不是件轻松的事，即便在最理想情况下，也需要至少七到八个小时。

    不过，对于使用苹果（Apple）新款iPhone上内置地图软件的游客而言，这趟旅行更是堪称一场噩梦。

    iPhone地图将游客导航到了墨瑞日落国家公园（the Murray-Sunset National Park）中心地带——位于米尔杜拉西南方向约70千米处（约合45英里）。此处天气酷热，最高温度可达46摄氏度（华氏115度），而且没有手机信号。

    当地警方表示，目前至少已经营救过4名驾车者，其中一人在没有水和食物的情况下被困整整24小时。而其他人为了接收到手机信号，不得不长途跋涉，穿越国家公园中的危险地带。

    澳大利亚当局称这种情况已经“对生命造成潜在威胁”，并警告司机在苹果公司做出修正前，不要盲目依赖iPhone导航，应该更多地参考谷歌地图（Goole Maps）等其它导航工具。

    最新消息：据科技博客The Guardian的消息，苹果已在周一下午修正了地图错误。苹果地图现在已经能正确定位米尔杜拉市中心的位置了。

    译者：项航

    Driving to the rural city of Mildura (pop. 30,000) from downtown Melbourne is a long trek in the best of circumstances -- six or seven hours depending on traffic.

    But the trip can be a nightmare for travelers using the Map app that comes installed in Apple's (AAPL) newest iPhones.

    The app shows Mildura about 70 km (45 miles) southwest of its actual location -- placing it in the middle of the Murray-Sunset National Park, where temperature can reach as high as 46 C (115 F) and cellular phone coverage is nil.

    Local police have already had to rescue at least four motorists, one of whom were stranded for up to 24 hours without food or water. Others had walked long distances through dangerous terrain to find phone reception, according to police.

    Australian authorities are calling the situation "potentially life threatening" and warning drivers with iPhones to rely on some other form of navigation -- Google Maps, for example -- until Apple does something about the problem.

    UPDATE: By Monday afternoon, the error had been corrected, according to The Guardian. Apple's Map app now points the center of Mildura.