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In a pre-digital era, map surveyors would have been out on foot taking measurements and recording where things were in particular locations, which were then relayed to a map draughtsperson - usually part of a state topographical service. To begin to understand what prompts people to hide things on digital maps, it pays to take a step back to understand how cartography happens today. They posted a screenshot that shows a pin apparently pointing to a branch of Burger King on a desolate island off the coast of Oman in Western Asia.Prior to GPS, illustration and aerial photography provided the bulk of cartographic information. The reason is said to be because there is a military base located in this area. Just recently, a Reddit user shared an unusual discovery they found on Google Maps - a mystery Burger King branch on an uninhabited island. From street and road map to high-resolution satellite imagery of Mamanuca Islands. Although it is an interesting place to visit, half of the Faroe Islands of the Kingdom of Denmark is obscured on Google Maps. It is the site of the infamous Ariel Castro kidnappings that took place between 2. In North Sentinel Island, South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In the US, the 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio is also blurred out. Aside from accidents on land, there are also some in the sea that leads to sinking ships. But it's unclear why the area has been kept a secret.


Montluçon prison in central France is one of the mary areas in France that is blurred by Google Maps.Ī small atoll in the southern Pacific Ocean named Moruroa is also censored. They have done so for many prisons around the world. Google Earth's degree of available resolution is based somewhat on the points of interest and popularity however, most land (except for some islands) is. It's not new for Google to censor sensitive and high-security areas on the map. A MYSTERIOUS island on Google Maps has got people debating what it is on social media. The inside of the island, however, is completely black, or blacked-out by Google Maps, There are two grey layers with a white layer in between. The island first appeared on maps in 1325 and appeared in maps made until the 1800s, when its supposed existence was declared a hoax. Some maps even represented it as two islands, although they shared the same name. The outside of the island seems to show a light blue sea with waves crashing against the surface. Hy-Brasil is a nonexistent island said to be about 320 kilometers (200 mi) off the western coast of Ireland.
