Agloe
The fictional location Agloe in the US state of New York was originally a plagiarism trap , but has actually existed in the meantime.
history
In the 1930s, the founder of created General Drafting , O tto G . L indberg, and his assistant E rnest A lpers from the first letters of their names these place names and recorded him at an intersection in the Catskill Mountains north of Roscoe in Exxon -Landkarten one. This should make it possible to detect plagiarism of the map, since the fictitious location would not have appeared in a new mapping.
As early as the 1950s, a fisherman's hut was built at the intersection in question, as the name Agloe was on the Exxon cards, and later a general store called the Agloe General Store . Agloe later appeared on Rand McNally maps after the cartographer learned the name of the place from the Delaware County Administration . Exxon then threatened McNally with a lawsuit for copyright infringement because McNally had fallen for the "trap". However, as it turned out that the fishing lodge and the Agloe General Store had made the location “real”, no copyright infringement could be ascertained.
The Agloe General Store closed its business again. Agloe still appeared on cards in the 1990s.
Agloe in literature
Agloe plays an important role in Margo's Footsteps , a novel by the young adult author John Green . Probably because of the associated popularity, a small sign was placed in Agloe that welcomes visitors and refers to the former Agloe General Store.
Web links
- Vlogbrothers ( John Green ): Agloe, New York on YouTube , December 23, 2014.
- Frank Jacobs: Agloe: How a Completely Made Up New York Town Became Real. In: Big Think . February 11, 2014 (English, date only recognizable in the page source text ).
- Wolfgang Luef: Agloe - A visit to a place that doesn't exist. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin . February 28, 2016 (issue 08/2016).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Judith Kuckart : Pointing to Agloe with a pointed finger . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 28, 2016, pp. R1 – R2.
- ↑ Sam Roberts: Seeking a Town on the Border of Fiction and Reality In: The New York Times , March 28, 2014, accessed September 6, 2018
Coordinates: 41 ° 57 ′ 49.6 " N , 74 ° 54 ′ 25.9" W.