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Internet giant Google has denied claims it has created a 3D map of Liverpool, after pictures emerged on a social networking site.

A post on website Reddit - where users can publish posts which are voted for by readers to show their popularity - claimed to be from a woman who worked at the firm’s Dublin office.

The woman, who said her name was Jasmine, posted pictures which she claimed were from the company’s new 3D map of Liverpool and revealed that the search engine provider would be opening a new office in the city.

But a spokesman for Google said the claims were false and they had no idea where the pictures, which show areas including The Strand and Goodison Park, had come from.

In the post Jasmine, who Google said does not work for the company, wrote: “Hello everyone, my name is Jasmine and I’m part of the Google team working in Dublin!

"Liverpool is the first city we have actually used a custom designed camera"

“I’m actually a Scouser born and raised in Liverpool so when my boss said which city we should roll the 3D mapping out first in the UK I said it’s got to be Liverpool! 3D mapping is not new for us, we’ve been working on it for years but Liverpool is the first city we have actually used a custom designed camera that takes a picture of the building and converts it into 3D model of the building.

“We initially released this a few weeks ago and are beginning to roll it out nationwide over the coming months.”

She also claimed Google’s new Liverpool office would recruit 50 people and would be looking for graduates or school leavers with an interest in engineering, design and marketing.

In response to a comment about why Liverpool had been chosen, Jasmine said: “Everyone in our office is either a Liverpool, Everton or a Manchester United fan so half of the office wanted Liverpool and the other half wanted Manchester so we had ping-pong tournament and the Liverpool team won!

“In the end it was the best choice. So many historic landmarks and two of world’s most famous football teams.”