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blog! “A weird (trap?) artefact in Google Maps”
Cartographers occasionally sneak deliberate mistakes into their maps. Known as trap streets they are a simple "copyright trap". If someone copies their map without permission, the fake street shows evidence of the source of plagiarism. Google do this sometimes. They once proclaimed that Argleton was a real place - despite its non-exis…
Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/a-weird-trap-artefact-in-google-maps/
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) @realcainmosni@mastodon.me.uk@Edent Weirdest one I ever saw was the claim of a nuclear power station in the back garden of a suburban street (in Liverpool if memory serves). I presumed it was some school kid wanting some kind of notoriety for his home.