[mjevans]

They probably haven't and even if they have there's probably some other bogus data in there.

A lot of these maps will have a couple 'tells' added, things that don't really exist to say that if a set of things was copied it came from a different place.

Really sucks when you happen to need to go somewhere you haven't been before, that's actually where that place is next to. Yes, that does happen. E.G. when relatives and friends live on private roads in the middle of nowhere.

[withinboredom]

Yep “paper cities” is what to google if you’re interested. We have a “paper bus route” in my neighborhood at bus stops that were removed 10 years ago, that serve the same purpose, as far as I can tell.