Google Earth Odd Airfields
 

Looking at Google Earth, I noticed a number of airfield symbols in strange places. When clicked on, they have names similar to real, accurately marked airfields. Dalcross on the Black Isle, Connel near Lochgilphead, a second Broadford in the middle of Skye, and a second Dornoch north of the town.
Is this just in the north of Scotland?

It's in the US too. I recently found that Monmouth Airport, site of my first solo, had shifted to the car park of a church in a nearby seaside resort.

The real place is now Monmouth Executive Airport, but in GE the tiddlers on the apron look much as they did 35 years ago.


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More likely the odd dyslexic nerd typing in the wrong co-ordinates.

Wouldn't that be nred?

SGC

If you look, these are additional airfields - e.g.Inverness Airport and Oban Airport in the correct place. Dalcross and North Connel, their wartime names, on symbols miles away.

Anybody can post flags on Google Earth, they need no qualifications or expertise and so long as they don't place anything offensive I doubt anything is ever checked. Just look at the level of literacy on eBay as an example. The majority of people have never had to define things in geographical co-ordinates and in any event a position only defines the corner of a rectangle.