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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:30 pm Post subject: Mystery island on Google Maps isn't actually real |
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Here's an interesting story. Researchers spotted an oddity on Google Maps. An island was shown in the middle of the Coral See off the Eastern coast of Australia.
But what most attracted interest was that the marine charts for that area showed depths in excess of 1,400 metres, which would be highly unusual so close to a land mass. So they set sail for the island to investigate. And what they found, or more accurately what they didn't find, was any island whatsoever.
Despite being shown on maps from Google (look at -19.225583, 159.938759), Yahoo and Bing, there is no island at those coordinates. How it came to appear in these maps is a mystery, perhaps it was inserted by a map maker and used as a watermark to identify the originator?
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Mystery island on Google Maps isn't actually real |
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News Team wrote: | <perhaps it was inserted by a map maker and used as a watermark to identify the originator? | And his name was Sandy It's fresh out of roads and speed cams though. |
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GerryC Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Mar 01, 2005 Posts: 1513 Location: West Mids
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Looking at both satellite view and Earth it does appear to be on top of a large peak. Maybe it seemed to rise above sea level or the top has eroded away.
In any case, it appears someone has taken a black marker pen to both current and historic images (was it like this before the news broke. ).
According to the BBC, copyright traps are not made on this type of map.
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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GerryC wrote: | According to the BBC, copyright traps are not made on this type of map |
That comment relates to nautical maps though. No-one has said it appears on nautical charts. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: |
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The island seems to have been covered by sea on the map now. It is visible for a fraction of a second before it now becomes sea. The black blob on the sat view is still there though. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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I hadn't twigged the bit about the satellite images...
I was assuming the news was that a non-existent island had been added to the maps due to an error or mischief
But if the island (or something else?) WAS on a photograph, that's a much bigger mystery isn't it? _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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No, it's not actually shown as an island on sat view, just looks like someone has been let loose with a black marker pen. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:33 am Post subject: |
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I know it looks like that now, but there's definitely something under the black blob.
The coastline looks similar in colour and texture to the other nearby islands.
And SOMEONE gave it a name too. _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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