GPS has made worse errors.
They sent a young family with a very young baby across the N Nevada desert in winter—heading to Sale Lake City.
The FOOL DRIVER asked for ‘the shortest route”.
They would have died out there if a rancher had not gone out to check water tanks for his cattle. They were already out of food & had no blankets, etc.
NOT much cell service out there, either.
Oh I know, like you I lived in the remote desert where that happens all the time. We lost a quite a few out in our area.