The official resident cartographer of the State of Rebellion was pleased. His edit of Google Maps on the location of Mara Creek had been wildly successful:
However there was a problem. Where was the creek?
Zooming out revealed the dashed blue line that indicated the permanent stream was not permanent and that the problem of the course of the watercourse was not fixed:
The reported problem with the map had not been corrected. Google had merely placed a tourist attraction at a location in contradiction to their underlying map.
This mess was despite the painstaking evidence provided of other maps that correctly identified the location of the stream that the cartographer had cited. Unfortunately due to the idiotic idiosyncrasies of Google’s openness to the wisdom of the commoners his submission had to be reported as a road edit. A line that Google decided that this was a point, and neither a stream or a road but a tourist attraction!
It raised the question of why a thousand people would want to take a peek at the ludicrous attraction promoted by Google.
It was then that the cartographer realised that the acceptance of the of the edit coincided with the elevation of Warrentinna Road to a street with a view. Perhaps the sending of Google’s scanning cameras was necessary now that Warrentinna Road had a tourist attraction. Although the existence of the Gardener’s Cottage would appear to negate that. So perhaps there had been complaints precipitated by the greatest postal debacle in Branxholm history which Google supported by having no street view of Stoke Street so that the location of the deceased postal boxes could be viewed to monitor the ongoing desecration by the gangs of roaming Vandal terrorists. Perhaps the apparition of this contradiction is the result of the apparently creative imagination of profound artificial intelligence. Who knows when Google hides their accountability behind ‘do not reply’ emails?
The imperial cartographer tried to keep the mystery in perspective. If there was any claim to a tourist attraction it would be the pond which Mara Creek flowed into where a stamper had been located as part of the Warrentinna Goldfield and unconfirmed rumours of Tasmanian Lobsters swam. However he was not aware of any visible remains, and his main concern was the preservation of the legacy of Black Louey.
The Google error had been noticed as part of this larger project where Black Louey Lane has been recognised by a number of mapping systems, including Google’s Maps. Unfortunately the assignment of the name of the thoroughfare has not produced a street view for Black Louey Lane. However at least it has reduced the number of guests at the Gardener’s Cottage being misdirected up Black Louey Lane by Google’s directions.
Now guests could come and stay at the Cottage and see the newly famous tourist attraction to determine why the crystal clear waters hidden beneath blackberry were so attractive to Google, and post an appropriate review.