There's a subtle art to telling geographic lies that ultimately don't matter. Overpasses which go over a few extra dead ends on paper but miss in reality. Any underground passageway is easy simple to fudge so long as it connects the right ends. An extra footpath in a cemetery full of of winding unmarked footpaths. A spare non-public road in a closed off industrial facility. So many ways

> Is this concept living in the age of satellites?

It is even worse in the age of Digital Rights Management were you buy something and do not own it. A fake detour in a map with hundreds of thousands seems mild in comparison.