Interestingly enough I have Memory Map 2004 with the IoW in 1:50000. Bill is clearly visible, but Mike isn't. Although _some_ of the lines that make up the name are present. And Robin is missing - although just to the west on both is something that you could read as BIRST.
Andy
And Trevor?
I read that Blackgang Chine is falling into the sean so a measure of indetermainate doodling might be appropriate.
Along with deliberate error that make it easy to trace copyright violations.
MBQ
A lot of electronic "counterfeits" are made on the same lines as the real things and are indistinguishable.
MBQ
It is a pcb "test coupon" - used them loads of times either on the pcb or just outside the board edge so that the stack can be tested before breaking out the board. Explanation and expoded diagram here:-
In article , Jethro_uk writes
Not quite the same thing, but:
There are also stories of other things like trademarks being etched into chips to try and prevent forgeries, or maybe they were just the chip designer showing off...
I don't think so.
MBQ
Its always tempting to put a rabbit or a dino in the tracking. ;-)
To the west of Robin under Warren Fm is TREV.
I see Trev, but alas! Brave Sir Robin...
It's interesting, this implies they have been added gradually.
Andy
Long shot, but maybe a simple delay line, like you used to get in old colour TV's?
Gareth
In old Tektronic oscilloscope manuals there was often something in the circuit/waveform diagrams, such a man skiing down a ramp waveform or a climber on a rope scaling the diagram of the CRT.
As the costal erosion tales its toll? Perhaps it's a simple device used by the cartographer when the course of the coastline isn't accurate.
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