Visit imaginary Argleton - The "only online" town, made by google.
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[quote=telegraph]The town appears on Google Maps in the middle of fields close to the M58 motorway, just south of Ormskirk.
Its 'presence' means that online businesses that use data from the software have detected it and automatically treated it as a real town in the L39 postcode area.
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Roy Bayfield, head of corporate marketing at what would be Argleton's closest university, Edge Hill, in Ormskirk, was so intrigued by the mystery that he walked to the where the internet indicated was the centre of Argleton to check that there was definitely nothing there.
"A colleague of mine spotted the anomaly on Google Maps, and I thought 'I've got to go there'," he said.
When Mr Bayfield reached Argleton – which appears on Google Maps between Aughton and Aughton Park – he found just acres of green, empty fields.
Joe Moran, an academic at Liverpool John Moores University and map expert, said: "It could be a deliberate error so people can't copy maps. Sometimes they put in fictional streets as the errors would prove they were stolen. I haven't heard of it before on Google Maps."
A spokesman for Google said: "While the vast majority of this information is correct there are occasional errors. We're constantly working to improve the quality and accuracy of the information available in Google Maps and appreciate our users' feedback in helping us do so. People can report an issue to the data provider directly and this will be updated at a later date." [/quote]
Source:
[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6474746/Mystery-of-Argleton-the-Google-town-that-only-exists-online.html[/url]
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[quote=News]"It could be a deliberate error so people can't copy maps. Sometimes they put in fictional streets as the errors would prove they were stolen. I haven't heard of it before on Google Maps."[/quote]
Oh cool I just learned something new today
I live there. Can't you see that small shed in the middle of the field?
It's not real G.
It could've been a planned sub-urb or something that was cancelled but google never found out.
[QUOTE=Godzillarr;18147289]It's not real G.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://images.starcraftmazter.net/4chan/for_forums/thats_the_joke.jpg[/img]
Kinda funny people have just noticed this. :v:
I live in Argleton, whats going on :(
I can't see it.
:iiam:
Everyone thinks we dont exist, but we do. It's hell here. Someone get us out, HELP
Cover up. The town is actually called Eureka.
[QUOTE=lum1naire;18149276]Everyone thinks we dont exist, but we do. It's hell here. Someone get us out, HELP[/QUOTE]
But how? All there is in that spot is a field.
Sure, there's a huge hole that glows red at night and sometimes you can hear wailing noises coming out of it, but I can't see what this has to do with it.
I use to live there, real shithole.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;18149408]But how? All there is in that spot is a field.
Sure, there's a huge hole that glows red at night and sometimes you can hear wailing noises coming out of it, but I can't see what this has to do with it.[/QUOTE]
There's the black helicopters and Humvees with tinted windows too. And the masked guards with orders to shoot trespassers on sight.
Something's going on out there in Argleton... :raise:
It even has its own Wikipedia article!
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argleton[/url]
[QUOTE=Wayword;18147413]It could've been a planned sub-urb or something that was cancelled but google never found out.[/QUOTE]
That's stupid, seeing as google maps is made using [B][I]photos[/I][/B]
The town is underground. It sank after the picture was taken.
[QUOTE=Deathbyfire;18151022]The town is underground. It sank after the picture was taken.[/QUOTE]
My god... The lost city... of ARGLETON!!
Title is misleading
[QUOTE=madjawa;18151359]Title is misleading[/QUOTE]
buhu
I could jump a train there and check this shit out myself since it's only 13 miles away from me. :v:
Fuck it I might, Make a day out of it.
[QUOTE=Bl4ckDmon;18152455]I could jump a train there and check this shit out myself since it's only 13 miles away from me. :v:
Fuck it I might, Make a day out of it.[/QUOTE]
Havin' a good time, havin' a good time.
They should go to where Argleton should be, and build a metropolitan city that looks exactly the same as it does on google earth.
Obviously this is that city from the Matrix.
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"Not real G" is an anagram of Argleton
[QUOTE=laval;18158569]"Not real G" is an anagram of Argleton[/QUOTE]
whoa
I didn't see that coming.
Anyone remember that old British show "The Prisoner"?
This is that town.
[QUOTE=lum1naire;18149276]Everyone thinks we dont exist, but we do. It's hell here. Someone get us out, HELP[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of the Space anomaly in STALKER. You're trapped, but you're not trapped. :psyduck:
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