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Full list of the most insane things discovered on Google Maps

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Images on Google Maps and Google Earth have helped solve missing persons cases and even murders.

Last week , disturbing messages saying 'HELP' spelled out on the ground in Los Angeles sparked fears among Google Earth users.

Google 's camera-toting cars have taken more than 220 billion images while driving 100 million miles since ' Street View' launched in 2007 .

Images have also sparked investigations into alien markings in China 's Gobi Desert .

Google Earth users spotted multiple instances of the world 'HELP' spelled out on a plot of storage or waste facility in California city.

The images went viral on social media over the weekend , sparking fears that someone may be trying to alert the public or law enforcement to a human trafficking operation in the area.

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