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In
cartography
a "paper street" is a street or some map feature that exists only on the map and not in real life. Many
map
makers employ a "paper street" (sometimes called a "key trap") to prevent competing map makers from simply copying their maps and selling them as if they did all the
hard
surveying work themselves. A map maker can verify
plagiarism
by seeing if the other map company dutifully recopied the paper street.
In the '20,
Esso
had such a problem with other gas stations copying their maps that on their map for
New York
state, they invented a "paper town" called Agloe.
Other key trap techniques include slightly altering the path of a single side street.
Larger, established map makers like
Rand McNally
deny they employ the paper street technique to protect their maps.
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