[Talk-us] When is a copyrighted map Easter egg not an Easter egg?

Saikrishna Arcot saiarcot895 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 19 18:44:58 UTC 2014


This non-existent town was also featured (as a non-existent town) in the book _Paper Towns_ by John Green.

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Saikrishna Arcot
On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 01:59:08 PM Mike N wrote:
> 'Agloe' isn't found in Nominatim...
> 
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story
> 
> An Imaginary Town Becomes Real, Then Not. True Story
> 
> This is the story of a totally made-up place that suddenly became real — 
> and then, strangely, undid itself and became a fantasy again. Imagine 
> Pinocchio becoming a real boy and then going back to being a puppet. 
> That's what happened here — but this is a true story.
> ...
> 
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