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Some non-google mapping tools:
ACME Mapper - Alternative for satellite imagery.
Bing Maps - Alternative for satellite imagery.
We Go Here - Alternative for satellite imagery.
Yandex Maps - Alternative for satellite imagery.
EOS Landviewer - Historical satellite imagery, restricted to 10 images per day.
Zoom Earth - Historical satellite imagery, not restricted but lower quality.
Nakarte.me - Mapping multi-tool.
ESRI Wayback - Historical satellite imagery.
Overpass Turbo - Mapping multi-tool with scripting.
OpenSea Map - Mapping with identification markers.
Wikimapia - No satellite imagery, but may provide clues to objects or locations in Wiki format.
WikiMap - No satellite imagery, but may provide clues to objects or locations in Wiki format.
Flicker - No satellite imagery, but may provide photos near coordinates.
Mapillary - No satellite imagery, may provide crowd sourced street view imagery.
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https://earth.google.com/web/@1.61163726,172.96822487,2.15090995a,768.43536731d,35y,-103.29106161h,43.86097702t,0r/data=OgMKATA
They're called pound nets.
Another post on this subreddit about them here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleEarthFinds/comments/1bjzt1t/strange_carvings_in_coral/kvw2u9w/