tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post3963901379540595731..comments2024-03-18T05:32:43.779-05:00Comments on Maps Mania: Phantom Locations on Google MapsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-60149374941491429752012-02-09T07:05:21.203-05:002012-02-09T07:05:21.203-05:00...a number of years later, and "Rangoon Stre......a number of years later, and "Rangoon Street" is still alive and kicking on Google Maps and others.<br />A copyright Easter egg, perhaps?Annymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787346217513804134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-35657571214947586672010-10-22T16:01:24.540-05:002010-10-22T16:01:24.540-05:00I have a phantom street right through my back gard...I have a phantom street right through my back garden in Newport, Isle of Wight: "Rangoon Street". Despite several attempts to have it removed, it is still on the map.<br />Or does Google Maps have some information from the planning department that the public doesn't know anything about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-56771784800655094722010-09-22T14:43:21.581-05:002010-09-22T14:43:21.581-05:00And "Weston upon Trent" will leave you i...And "Weston upon Trent" will leave you in the middle of the river....kevindelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-83049173684317898192010-09-22T14:41:10.253-05:002010-09-22T14:41:10.253-05:00Searching for "Aston upon Trent" http://...Searching for "Aston upon Trent" http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Aston+upon+Trent&sll=52.868715,-1.388998&sspn=0.006023,0.021136&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Aston+upon+Trent,+Derbyshire,+United+Kingdom&z=13 will take you to a wooded area just north of Aston-on-Trent.....kevindelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-10283363015132362392010-09-21T23:57:36.126-05:002010-09-21T23:57:36.126-05:00A Google Maps search for 'Argleton' will s...A Google Maps search for 'Argleton' will still bring you to that same phantom location next to Aughton, Lancashire, even though the text is missing. As far entire phantom towns, I'm not aware of any myself, but Google Maps certainly display a large number of copyright-trap phantom streets in the UK and Western Europe inherited from Tele Atlas data: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/The Basement Geographerhttp://basementgeographer.blogspot.com/2010/09/cartographic-copyright-traps.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-52485614944292597682010-09-21T18:09:00.942-05:002010-09-21T18:09:00.942-05:00Nothing to do with the Mercury-prize-winning band,...Nothing to do with the Mercury-prize-winning band, but the alleged settlement of "Xx", Cumbria surely takes the title of the oddest fake place name on Google Maps UK: http://tinyurl.com/2cnv9xhPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02022807203597497097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158290.post-38858088403778270872010-09-21T18:06:22.853-05:002010-09-21T18:06:22.853-05:00Google maps has an error in the south west of Fran...Google maps has an error in the south west of France where a camping site is called Ste Isidore, which actually is a very small village inland. The camping itself is called Le Pin Sec. The real Ste Isidore is called after a street on that map.<br /><br />Speaking of mistakes, the south east part of the Netherlands north of the city of Eindhoven is very messed up in Microsoft Live Maps. It really Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com