Argleton

View of Argleton's alleged location

Argleton is a non-existent settlement in the county of Lancashire in northwestern England ^[1] . It was indicated on Google maps near the A59 motorway between Aughton and Aughton Green .

The public has become known since the beginning of 2009 ^[2] .

According to the assumption of Joe Moran, a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University, Google could specifically put on a map such a “ghost town” to easily track attempts to infringe copyright (copyright trap). There are cases when cartographers for this purpose placed imaginary streets on maps ^{[3] [4]} . Similarly, in the 1930s, the city of Eglow was marked on maps by General Draft Company. The trap worked when Esso marked this city on its maps. ^{[5] [6]}