May 29, 2019 11:43 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VbJpbz97I5Q/the-sudan-demo-a-phantom.html
The Sudan "DEMO", a phantom landscape feature only found in Google Maps
Data scientist Tim Hopper noticed that Google Maps displayed a humungous word in the outback of Magwi County, South Sudan: "DEMO".
https://t.co/TOJvHsxdD9 pic.twitter.com/UtHG6Jpgxz
— Tim Hopper (@tdhopper) May 28, 2019
After the discovery made it to the BBC, the DEMO sadly disappeared: a ghostly landscape feature lurking somewhere between Borges and Baudrillard on the slopes of misfortune.
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VbJpbz97I5Q/the-sudan-demo-a-phantom.html
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