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> But then, just as this story was to be published, to be extra sure, we went to Google Earth, typed in "Agloe" one last time, and, whaddya know? It isn't ther
by ggchappell 12y ago
> But then, just as this story was to be published, to be extra sure, we went to Google Earth, typed in "Agloe" one last time, and, whaddya know? It isn't there any more!
> It was removed this week.
Partially, perhaps.
Start at any old place in GM, and search for "Agloe, NY", and I get Aglow Dermatology and Aglow Decorating Corporation, both in New York City.
BUT, search for "Roscoe, NY", and then search for "Agloe, NY", and it finds the place just fine.
Maybe the removal of the imaginary town hasn't been pushed out to all users yet. Or maybe it's just been given some kind of lower-priority status -- "of local interest only", or something like that.
- joe_the_user 12y agoWell... It may be removed from Google Earth but I don't think Google Maps has gotten the memo. Just now, it appeared as something like a suburb of Rockland in my search. 'Course it's possible it was re-inserted by Google when their news-searched automatically noted the interest in the place-name. https://www.google.com/maps/place/agloe,+ny/@41.949979,-74.911137,574m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89dc9c2fdbc68939:0xde2b0d4533f1a4a5 https://www.google.com/maps/place/agloe,+ny/@41.949979,-74.9...
- moconnor 12y agoAs far as I can see this "story" is simply a rewriting of Frank Jacbob's blog, which is referred to but rather unsportingly not linked to: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/643-agloe-the-paper-town-stronger-than-fiction http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/643-agloe-the-paper-town-st... I normally love the NPR but this piece looks like blatant blogspam to me.