ABC News - The 'Lost' Island That Maps Made Up (ABC News)
To: Kartographer
How could this be? I mean Oceanic Airways Advertises flights to there all the time.
2 posted on
11/24/2012 5:55:40 AM PST by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Maybe that island was added by map-makers as copy-protection.
You add a fake island, and if anyone else has that island on their map then you sue them.
4 posted on
11/24/2012 6:06:21 AM PST by
agere_contra
("An unjust law ceases to be a law: it becomes an act of violence". Thomas Aquinas)
To: Kartographer
Amelia Earhart must have been using Google maps.
6 posted on
11/24/2012 6:12:02 AM PST by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Kartographer
Currently, Google Earth shows Sandy Island just where it’s indicated on the pictures in this post. There are even pictures attributed to being taken from people with a camera on Sandy Island.
To: Kartographer
Google Earth app now looks like someone took a black sharpie to the island.
14 posted on
11/24/2012 6:37:32 AM PST by
Chipper
(You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
To: Kartographer
The explanation:
Ben Linus: Did he tell you what we're supposed to do?
John Locke: He did. He wants us to move the island.
15 posted on
11/24/2012 6:40:37 AM PST by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter")
To: Kartographer
It’s still there in Google Maps.
16 posted on
11/24/2012 6:41:48 AM PST by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Kartographer
-19.22299,159.918938
Plug these coordinates into a Google search. Then select maps and then the satellite view, zoom in and you will notice that the “island” appears to be covered in black pixels as if it is redacted.
18 posted on
11/24/2012 6:44:18 AM PST by
Calamari
(Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
To: Kartographer
22 posted on
11/24/2012 7:05:58 AM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Kartographer
Also known as the Ile de Sable.
30 posted on
11/24/2012 8:09:36 AM PST by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Kartographer
Dang. I just booked a non refundable trip there.
31 posted on
11/24/2012 8:13:11 AM PST by
Yaelle
To: Kartographer
The article reports the island location is now deep ocean, as in 4,620 ft deep.
Maybe this explains why Hillary went to the Cook Islands in the middle of the DNC. New Zealand volcano on the verge of a major eruption????
32 posted on
11/24/2012 8:21:23 AM PST by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Kartographer
It probably tipped over and sank.
34 posted on
11/24/2012 8:30:01 AM PST by
meatloaf
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To: Kartographer
It’s the island that Capt. Haddock knows is not real, and is therefore the clue he needs to find Red Rackham’s Treasure.
36 posted on
11/24/2012 8:58:36 AM PST by
Disambiguator
(America chose...poorly.)
To: Kartographer; Travis McGee
38 posted on
11/24/2012 9:34:34 AM PST by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: Kartographer
40 posted on
11/24/2012 9:39:03 AM PST by
FLAMING DEATH
(I'm not racist - I hate Biden too!)
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