Google Maps 3D view can't make sense of Ruhr valley coal mines, spawns eerie rock forest
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-06
A user noticed that Google Maps' 3D view fails to correctly render the Ruhr valley's open-pit coal mines, generating what appears to be a jagged forest of rock where the pit should be — "manmade horrors too dreadful for the algorithm's comprehension."
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