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Similar to trap streets are "phantom settlements", aka "paper towns", which are fake towns rather than streets. Now, this idea is not limited to maps: Google u
by partycoder 8y ago
Similar to trap streets are "phantom settlements", aka "paper towns", which are fake towns rather than streets.
Now, this idea is not limited to maps: Google used trap search results to catch Microsoft using Internet Explorer to scrap Google search results: https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses-google-search.html https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/microsofts-bing-uses...
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- m0nty 8y agoI was told all these phenomena (on maps) are referred to as "cartographers' follies", so the other names are interesting to hear. In the "real world", it was commonplace for compilers of mailing lists to include several "phantom names" in their lists. If those names received a mail, the list-holder would send an invoice to the person who sent it. Simple, elegant, very difficult to bypass way to protect your knowledge-based business.