Google Maps updates 'dangerous' Ben Nevis route
Google has made changes to its mapping service after fears that walkers may mistakenly attempt a "potentially fatal" route up Ben Nevis.
However, its driving directions took people to a car park where a dotted line showing distance to the summit could be misinterpreted by users.
Scottish mountaineering charities have urged hill-walkers not to use Google Maps to guide them up the mountains after a series of incidents where routes downloaded off the internet have resulted in "injury or worse".
The John Muir Trust, which looks after the summit of Ben Nevis, said it had raised a specific concern about the directions to the car park closest to the UK's highest mountain.
Mountaineering groups said the dotted line crossed "potentially fatal" steep, rocky and pathless terrain, while a suggested walking route for a different mountain, An Teallach, would lead people over a cliff.
A spokeswoman for Google said it had investigated and found the Ben Nevis concerns related to the service's driving directions, rather than walking directions which it insisted did not lead people to dangerous routes.
