“Argleton, a 'phantom town' in Lancashire [UK] that appears on Google Maps and online directories but doesn't actually exist, has puzzled internet experts.
…Google and the company that supplies its mapping data are unable to explain the presence of the phantom town and are investigating.”
(Telegraph.UK)
Map companies routinely do this. Typically, a city map will include a phantom street. That way, the map publisher can check for plagiarism.
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It’s a different matter to confabulate an entire town, don’t you think?
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Or the internet is so complicated it intersects alternative branches of the multiverse.
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Iirc, the 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire coagulated and moved down the road. Thus, Argleton.
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