Satellite map images with missing or unclear data

Satellite map images with missing or unclear data

Some locations on free, publicly-viewable satellite map services, including Google Maps, have missing, incomplete, or unclear map data. In some cases, these regions have been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred. [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Google_Earth_agrees_to_blur_pix_of_key_Indian_sites/articleshow/1559236.cms Google Earth agrees to blur pix of key Indian sites] ]

In some cases, censorship of certain sites has been removed. When Google Maps was launched, images of the White House and United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. were blurred out; current versions of Google Maps and Google Earth show these sites uncensored, but with out-of-date imagery. [cite web |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/21/AR2007072101296.html|title= Google's View of D.C. Melds New and Sharp, Old and Fuzzy | date= 2007-07-22|publisher= Washington Post]

Countries in official contact with Google Maps

During talks with the Indian government, Google issued a statement saying "Google has been talking and will continue to talk to the Indian government about any security concerns it may have regarding Google Earth." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6331033.stm Google Earth prompts Indian fears] ]

The Australian government has decided that images of sensitive areas are not a risk, due to poor level of detail. [ [http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1432823.htm Lucas Heights image stays on Google] ] It was reported that in the lead-up to the APEC forum in Sydney held in September 2007 certain key locations in images of the city's central business district, where APEC leaders were meeting, might have been intentionally reduced in resolution; however, Google has indicated that the change was unrelated to APEC, while the NSW police said that they knew nothing about the change in Google's images. [Citation
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title = Google's photos of Sydney go all fuzzy
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date = August 13, 2007
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accessdate = 2007-08-13 ] As of|2007|December, much of inner Sydney still remains blurred.

The government of Malaysia has stated that it will not ask Google to censor sensitive areas because that would identify the locations it deemed to be sensitive. [ [http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/National/20070328080627/Article/local1_html Parliament In Brief: ‘No need to blur images’] ]

List of map locations with missing or unclear data

Middle East

Iraq

Slovakia

Russia

North America

United States

References

External links

* [http://maptrot.com/mapView.jsp?mapId=7650ebe9-447c-4fcf-b62b-ce787ac987a1 Map of Blurred Places]
* [http://www.marketingfacts.nl/berichten/20060912_verboden_plekken_in_nederland/ Verboden plekken in Nederland] A list in Dutch of 54 blurred locations in the Netherlands under the heading "Onherkenbaar"


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