Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
mstdn.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.

Administered by:

Server stats:

16K
active users

mstdn.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.4

Public
Terence Eden

🆕 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: shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/a-wei
⸻
#google #maps

Screenshot of Google maps. in the middle of Mayfair is an entry for an Ancient Metal Vault.
ExploreLive feeds
About