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This brought to mind the checkerboarding in Oregon. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.221692,-122.7898361,242948m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOS4wIK

• pietervdvn 5mo ago
  Trippy... Looks as if half of the map tiles are not loading, except it is not a technical glitch
• ranit 5mo ago
  Cool! Do you have some good links about the story behind this development?
  • thinkling 5mo ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboarding_(land) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboarding_(land) TL;DR: Railroad developers were granted alternating square mile sections as a reward for their investment.