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Sunday, 28 September 2008 23:23 |
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Slashdot discussed this weekend a story named Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth. These "51 censored places" have been greatly discussed by Ogle Earth in an informative entry (followup entry) - read the copied snippet below. The /. summary: "There"s a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article promoted on Digg, "Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren"t Allowed to See on Google Maps," revived this notion. But the article has been widely criticized, and I did some fact-checking this week on the six Boston-area locations mentioned in the IT Security list. As it turns out, not one of the allegedly blurred locations has degraded imagery in Google Maps, as my screen shots demonstrate. My post looks into the sources of the misleading IT Security piece, and of other mistaken rumors about Google Maps." From Ogle Earth: "But of the 51 items posted, in only one case did Google actively roll back imagery for security reasons at a government"s behest — in Basra, Iraq in January 2007. (Street View imagery removed because it was mistakenly taken from private property is not interesting from a censorship perspective.)" This topic has been regularly covered on Slashgeo, see related stories below. Read more of this story at Slashgeo.
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