On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Kerry Irons <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > > > I heard about something like this with San Francisco paper maps many years ago. So, I've been know to torment my Google stalkers with these Easter Eggs. Sometimes as a volunteer I don't have time to finish an edit properly and create unwitting Easter Eggs. I get a new area or feature in the best I can as time permits the during first edit session. Next edit session, I cleanup the data. Case in point http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/33.78735/-112.13182. I needed another weekend to get back to the area for another GPS track of a new ramp. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.787628,-112.1308614,18z the Google mapper didn't know what to do with the roundabout. However, they left Long Shadow connection to the existing ramp like I did in the first edit. In addition, I didn't have the name of the street during the first edit either. I must be a professional mapper just like in San Francisco. ;-)
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