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Does this mean google maps is using ripped off IP?

• maxerickson 12y ago
  No. At some point it became a real place name. Whether it is still interesting to show it on a map is another question.
  • psykovsky 12y ago
    In the case of the unnamed road it kind of makes sense. They named it, the name stuck. It's only fair, I think.
• PeterisP 12y ago
  Such fictitious places appear in all derived (and original) maps, and is not by itself an indication of ripping off - it's only used as evidence when someone claims that their map is not copied. It will also show up for everyone who has legitimately acquired the map data. In particulal, the original article mentions an acquisition path how most likely that map has made it's way legally to google.