Trap street
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trap-street-204-7292983
title:
Trap street
text:
In cartography, a trap street is a fictitious entry in the form of a misrepresented street on a map, often outside the area the map nominally covers, for the purpose of "trapping" potential plagiarists of the map who, if caught, would be unable to explain the inclusion of the "trap street" on their map as innocent. On maps that are not of streets, other "trap" features may be inserted or altered for the same purpose. Trap streets are often nonexistent streets, but sometimes, rather than actually
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fictitious street on a map
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street
date created:
2004-03-18T20:00:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T22:45:44Z
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13
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