Argleton is a place that doesn't exist - except on Google Maps.
The story is developing since about a week, brought up by The Telegraph:
So quickly point the browser you trust on to Argleton, UK - as it still exists (virtually, at least):Google and the company that supplies its mapping data are unable to explain the presence of the phantom town and are investigating.
Tantalisingly, “Argle” echoes the word “Google”, while the phantom town’s name is also an anagram of “Not Real G”, and “Not Large”.
One theory is that Argleton could have been deliberately added, as a trap to catch companies that violate the map's copyright, The Telegraph states. If that was true, statements beyond would contradict - as a mapmaker you'd better know where bogus data is. Google is clueless and Tele Atlas said it would now wipe the non-existent town from the map, quote:
"Mistakes like this are not common, and I really can't explain why these anomalies get into our database."
As the story from The Telegraph is from Oct31 it'll be intersting to see when Argleton will actually be "wiped". One more week?
