/r/Google_Maps_Oddities
If it's funny, strange, weird or just plain unusual - and it's on Google Maps - talk about it on this fun subreddit.
If it's funny, strange, weird or just plain unusual - and it's on Google Maps - talk about it on this fun subreddit.
Using Google Maps is not compulsory - feel free to use any map source that you want.
Rules:
- There must be something "odd" or interesting about the post.
- Either a link to the oddity, or coordinates copy/pasted in the comments or title is required. Posts that only contain a picture or screenshot will be removed.
- Users must not require special software to access the links (eg Google Earth, which works on Chrome only and requires an app to install on mobile). It should ideally be accessible through a web browser.
Read the rules in detail here: https://redd.it/adwkzq
/r/Google_Maps_Oddities
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17:15 UTC
What is this place in the middle of the desert in Mauritania?
21:45 UTC
15:56 UTC
Found this on Chile
Seems like the photos were taken on a tunnel, it keeps going like this until the exit. Idk if this happens on other tunnels or stuff Coords are: 693 Av. Américo Vespucio Sur
19:06 UTC
we should have tags for the categories of posts listed in the description of the subreddit
funny, strange, creepy. maybe one for planes, one for crop circles, one for aquatic. any other ideas?
also for my submission in order to comply with the rules: Rule 1. A circle of rocks with a diameter of 100ft in the middle of the jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula. I would say this is an oddity as it is an unmarked anthropogenic creation of substantial effort in a isolated location with no nearby roads.
Rule 2. (21.4206761, -87.5754802)
13:43 UTC
Strange structure in the middle of lake George NSW(-35.1045484, 149.4213950)
11:35 UTC
Shinning spots
I found these lights while exploring Cuernavaca, Mexico. I read a couple "logical" explanations about this but I'm not really satisfied with it. Any comments?
18.91691, -99.21795
09:58 UTC
random plane i found in laguna de bay
11:02 UTC
What is this thing over Ellis Island? (A 3D bird maybe, or a glitch?)
03:32 UTC
Craters in Turkmenistan
After watching a youtube video on the country i decided to dick around in google maps and see what rural life was like. By sheer chance i happened across these craters in the middle of nowhere. Nothing around for miles and miles
38.59739, 61.10615
20:00 UTC
Night-time street view in Hull, England
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2U3vT299r4x4SDmx5?g_st=ac
I've never known the street view people to be out so late
14:30 UTC
What is going on with this strange dog / wolf?
I saw this picture on the Google maps page for a tiny village in Nunavut. The other dogs look more normal than this cartoon hyena looking boy
03:47 UTC
Was researching about Ghana/Wagadu Empire, and found this.
So I was researching (amatuerishly) about the capital of Wagadu, Kumbi Saleh, then I found this interesting tidbit in the english wikipedia “…Historian Dierk Lange has argued that the core of Wagadou was not Koumbi Saleh but in fact lay near Lake Faguibine, on the Niger Bend. This area was historically more fertile than the Tichitt zone, and Lange draws on oral traditions to support his argument, contending that dynastic struggles in the 11th century pushed the capital west.”
Curious, I went to Lake Fabguibine to find the supposed site of the original capital. What I found was this.
There is no other information except a funny image.
08:32 UTC
Big green letters spelling out "HAUNTED MINES" in the middle of a field in Colorado Springs, CO
20:18 UTC
Is this a rare thing ? - an in-flight plane out of high flight traffic areas
16:59 UTC
What is this installation in north Sweden?
The installation is located some kilometers northwest och the town Vidsel in northern Sweden and northeast of Vidsel airport used for military tests of missiles and such.
First idea is that is a motocross/ MX racing track togheter with dragracing and maybe gocarts. But the issue is that it is located in the middle of nowhere. Very few people live in the area and the winter is long. Also if you use Street View on the road leading to the area you will see that there are no signs giving any idea of a motorsport area nearby.
Anyone been there and know what it is?
09:35 UTC
Red blue green dots over Santa Catarina, Brazil (-26.730136, -52.222455)
Was serching for crop circles and found these dots.
Can someone explain whats is those dots?
11:05 UTC
Minecraft Physics in London ??
Just east of the Shard in London. Give or take 300m above the ground. U'd be a legend if can u can tell me where the picture on the blob is taken from (2nd picture is more detailed)
Coords: (51.5056404022184, -0.08094111240686257)
15:26 UTC
Does anyone know what this giant circle in the desert could be? (40.1069122, -112.9854939)
It’s almost two miles in diameter. Located in Utah.
07:09 UTC
Near China Lake USNWS
Found this near the station. What is it?
36.139120,-117.535310
15:35 UTC
Roper River NT Australia - Fish Farm?
-14.773111324161604, 135.15464826343623
https://maps.app.goo.gl/sKRbPmk47oY6GMix7
Looks like an old fish farm maybe? There's a smaller one to the east. Very limited road access and no remaining buildings at the bigger complex.
Fish farm
03:36 UTC
What's this in normandy beach? 49°21'02.1"N 0°33'31.7"W
13:56 UTC