On Friday , Google maps spawned another World Wide Web myth . A mysterious storage-battery grid of lines revealed by the company ’s Modern submarine terrain mathematical function had the interwebs seethe about the misplace urban center of Atlantis .
Google quickly pointed out that the grid was because of its own terrain mapping equipment , which incorporate data in a grid pattern . repp from the mega - mapping companionship call the gridiron an “ artefact of the data ingathering physical process . . . The telephone line reflect the way of life of the gravy holder as it gathers the data . ” That wo n’t stop George Lucas from incorporate this into the next Indiana Jones movie .
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