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: agere_contra
"You add a fake island, and if anyone else has that island on their map then you sue them." And if anyone lost at sea seeks safe harbor at the island and dies because it's not there, their estate can sue the mapmakers :-)
5 posted on
11/24/2012 6:10:47 AM PST by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: agere_contra
I was told many years ago that cartographers would add a town or two to their road maps as a way to check if other cartographers were just copying their maps. Maybe Google did the same thang*.
* a little Ebonics for the CBC.
10 posted on
11/24/2012 6:30:40 AM PST by
Tupelo
(Hunkered down & loading up)
To: agere_contra
11 posted on
11/24/2012 6:31:34 AM PST by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: agere_contra
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. That's exactly why it's there. Reference books and encyclopedias have entries on imaginary people and places for the same reason.
26 posted on
11/24/2012 7:46:40 AM PST by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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