Not sure about present practice but the State of Michigan certainly did this exact same thing in the past, and it was explained to me in the same context – the state would know if someone was copying their maps if these fictitious locations showed up on another map.
From: Saikrishna Arcot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk-us] When is a copyrighted map Easter egg not an Easter egg? This non-existent town was also featured (as a non-existent town) in the book Paper Towns by John Green. -- Saikrishna Arcot On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 01:59:08 PM Mike N wrote: > 'Agloe' isn't found in Nominatim... > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story > > An Imaginary Town Becomes Real, Then Not. True Story > > This is the story of a totally made-up place that suddenly became real — > and then, strangely, undid itself and became a fantasy again. Imagine > Pinocchio becoming a real boy and then going back to being a puppet. > That's what happened here — but this is a true story. > ... > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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