A Serious Google Maps Bug

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September 28, 2006

A Serious Google Maps Bug

When I mean serious, I mean serious. Google Maps has a huge bug. And by bug, I don't mean a technical glitch, I mean a real bug. Take a look at this map of Germany, zoomed in, and you will notice what bug I am talking about. Yea, that is a huge bug, taking over the German landscape.

As I said at Search Engine Watch Blog;

Don't worry, it is not some alien from outer-space. It appears that a bug got stuck between the "glass plate and the film during the scanning process."

Discovered at Google Sightseeing..

Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums.

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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at September 28, 2006 10:03 AM Comments (16)

Comments

That's funny! Great catch! Looks like a scarecrow + shadow?

Posted by Julie at September 28, 2006 13:00

Alien bugs rule!

Posted by Aaron Shear at September 28, 2006 15:28

It was probably born here:

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/484568/

That's that weird site in the desert of China where the army recreated the entire region of Aksai Chin (occupied since the 1962 war with India) in 1:500 scale. What it's being used for, that's what nobody can figure out. Lacking any other clear answers, I'd say it's for raising giant insects.

Posted by Nils Williams at September 30, 2006 07:56

I for one Welcome our new Bug Overlords!!

Posted by Bjen at October 2, 2006 10:50

whe did google maps come out? it seems that google maps is just bad in general. like clouds or weather ballons counfused for ufos. now this? its a major prob.what if a small child was searching google maps for fun and thay found somthing like that? thaey would totaly freak out!!! i did when i found somthing i will, never forget. im scared ofcocaroaches u know...i found a jiant cocaroach!!! ahhhh!!!!

Posted by Riley at July 30, 2007 11:26

that thing is sooooooooo cool. find more 4 us 2 look at pleez!

Posted by Your Evil Bug Overlord at August 15, 2007 23:18

well it does look kool but it mite be a bug stuck on the sateliite screen giving it that big impression!

Posted by vinay at September 2, 2007 02:45

muito bom tudo isso d+...

Posted by juliana at October 12, 2007 13:50

I guess that bug has been fixed.... great debugging by Google

Posted by Vivian at October 25, 2007 14:46

where is that? what coordinates?

Posted by ta at December 3, 2007 17:43

I think the bug is very slow

Posted by asem at December 15, 2007 14:06

to vinay:
- satellites are in the outerspace
- there are no bugs in the outerspace
- if there were they would die and disappear instatly for forever

Do you really think there's alien bugs in the outerspace? :P

I think it's just photoshopped. But a really good and fun idea! ;D

Posted by umfa at November 18, 2008 14:42

i thing thats a bug but i cAN NOT SEE VERY VERY CLIR

Posted by anahy martinez at March 27, 2009 13:16

stupid to belive that thats a uh whatever ALIAN umm thing! that is so a cocroach put on drugs!!!!!! ha ha i now your sceems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but that is ONE FREAKY PUT ON DRUGS COCROACH!! im a kid but a smart kid

Posted by joeten10 at April 28, 2009 13:59

may be bug on ur monitor

Posted by yuvaraj at June 16, 2009 02:05

Wow! The search for Animal Chin is finally over!

Posted by cheapo at November 17, 2009 16:15

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