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Fun fact, Google Earth had its coordinates defaulted to an apartment complex in Lawrence, Kansas, apparently the childhood home of one of the engineers, but also roughly the center of the United States.

https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/dec/21/lawrence_pinpointe...



I thought it was a farm in Kansas. They frequently get visitors looking for people who's geo ip data said they lived there.




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