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NYC's iconic skyline was replaced by something strange in a funny Google glitch

Published by Business Insider on Fri, 19 Feb 2016


New York is a proud city. Locals have a ton of iconic celebrities, foods, and landmarks to point to when someone asks what makes NYCso awesomenot to mention its famous skyline.But due to a hiccup on Google Map's search algorithm, now a picture of theNew York, New York Hotel and Casinoin Las Vegas popsup when you search for New York City.Though the picture doesn't look too odd at first glance, it's the palm trees androller coaster through the towering skyscrapers of Manhattanthat really give it away.Spotted by The Gothamist's John Del Signoreon the New York City subreddit, the Las Vegas hotel picture was still appearingas of 9:19 a.m. Fridaymorning.The imageappears to be the only glitch in the New York Citysearch. Google is still directing search traffic todowntown Manhattan and not the Las Vegas hotel.Take a look below:Del Signore noted that the Vegas hotel photo was credited to Google user Diddleking1, who uploaded the picture in March 2014 and tagged it as "New York." By doing so, the Las Vegas image was enteredinto the pool of optional photos Google can select as theimage forNew York City.If enough users report the photo, it will likely be removed from Google's system and replaced with another user-submitted photo or random street view of actual NYC.In the meantime, New Yorkers will just have to dream on about having roller coasters and West Coast weather.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: There's a tiny reason people kept tripping on this subway staircase
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