Cats seem to be conquering the world if this snapshot of Google Maps is to be believed.<\/p>\n
This is no computer glitch in the depiction of Hobson bay in Auckland but a prank by anonymous hacker.<\/p>\n
Google\u2019s head of communications in New Zealand, Annie Baxter, told\u00a0Stuff.co.nz:\u2018We were aware that cats were trying to take over YouTube, but we didn\u2019t realise it was extending to Google Maps.<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re looking into this.\u2019<\/p>\n
While you cannot erase major landmarks, people can add cycle and footpaths.<\/p>\n
However, these changes are meant to be user reviewed before they become officially part of the map.<\/p>\n
Someone alleging to be a friend of the perpetrator spoke of the act:\u00a0 \u2018My friend was the person that did this.<\/p>\n
\u2018He started with a cat, and then added bits to it each day (like a collar, whiskers etc).\u2019<\/p>\n
Would be quite interesting to see more animals be drawn in different places all over the world on the map.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: Mirror UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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