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Revision as of 23:01, 30 November 2010
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Some locations on free, publicly-viewable satellite map services, have missing, incomplete, or unclear map data. In some cases, these regions have been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred.[1] Westchester County, New York, for example, has asked Google to blur potential terror targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite imagery.[2]
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D.C. were blurred out; current versions of Google Maps and Google Earth show these sites uncensored, but with out-of-date imagery.[3]
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."[4]
The Australian government has decided that images of sensitive areas are not a risk, due to poor level of detail.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
List of map locations with missing or unclear data
Middle East
Iraq
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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30°34′2″N 47°46′6″E / 30.56722°N 47.76833°E | Shatt al Arab Hotel, Basra[8] | Possibly censored due to security risks after Coalition Forces seized insurgent documents which used maps to plan attacks.[9] No longer censored. Babylon, listed as Babil, is blurred out. There is clear evidence of farming all around the city, yet the city itself is grayed out.[10] | [3] |
Pakistan
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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27°51′0″N 65°10′0″E / 27.85000°N 65.16667°E | Predator Air Base[11] | Unmanned Predators. Images from 2006 were removed. Images from 2007 have runway markings removed. | [4] |
East / South Asia
North Korea
It should be noted that in Map mode, nothing is shown in North Korea. Even though when looking at satellite images, North Korea is shown fine.
Tibet
Tibet (excluding Lhasa, Northern areas of Pakistan (Mansehra, Abbottabad (partial) and Balakot)
Japan
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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24°17′21″N 153°58′41″E / 24.28917°N 153.97806°E | Minami Torishima Airport[12] | Easternmost territory in Japan. Runway oversaturated in white. Runway markings invisible. | [5] |
Taiwan
Rounded irregular areas overlayed with older imagery, etc.
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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24°12′22″N 120°36′26″E / 24.206117°N 120.607181°E | Taichung | Older imagery of Cruise missile base overlays newer science park | [6] |
25°02′42″N 121°36′12″E / 25.044976°N 121.60346°E | Nangang military reservation | Oval overlay | [7] |
24°12′26″N 120°48′01″E / 24.207203°N 120.800278°E | Xinshe military reservations | Two military reservations, cut and pasted | [8] |
24°09′04″N 120°44′11″E / 24.15111°N 120.736259°E | Taiping military reservations | Military reservations, cut and pasted | [9] |
24°11′11″N 120°39′03″E / 24.18626°N 120.65074°E | Shuinan Airport (RCLG) | Airport, cut and pasted. (Note also traces of circular road to the west, that some have speculated to be traces of a furtive nuclear experiment.) | [10] |
25°06′27″N 121°32′09″E / 25.107496°N 121.535756°E | National Security Bereau Headquarters | Pixelization | [11] |
25°02′50″N 121°35′29″E / 25.047352°N 121.591471°E | Military headquarters building in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan | Pixelization | [12] |
The above are but a few examples. Pixelization also occurs for bases like zh:成功嶺.
Europe
France
Ile du Ramier, Toulouse (Link), the location of the National Organization for Powder and Explosives (preparation of Phosgene for the aerospace industry and other form of explosive gas including Sulfur Mustard). The AZF chemical factory is pixelated, but Google Maps feature links to a detailed photo of the factory. Reims – Champagne Air Base.
A number of French military installations are pixelated, including the naval bases at Toulon and Brest.
Germany
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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50°57′38″N 6°2′32″E / 50.96056°N 6.04222°E | NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen | [13] | |
49°26′28″N 7°35′32″E / 49.44111°N 7.59222°E | Ramstein Air Base | Runway heading markings not visible. | [14] |
49°14′21″N 8°53′50″E / 49.23917°N 8.89722°E | Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum | TU144 and Concorde supersonic passenger planes on roof of the museum are not visible. It seems to be image from the year 2000. | [15] |
The Netherlands
Russia
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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66°16′0″N 179°15′0″E / 66.26667°N 179.25000°E | Possibly a Russian ICBM Complex, near town Egvekinot, Russia [38] | There is a private 1.35 km north-south runway being concealed here according to Russianairbases.com.[citation needed]
Also appears to have been modified on www.mcfly.org. Bing Maps displays a duplicate spliced image of an area to the southeast. |
[39] |
56°6′30″N 36°49′46″E / 56.10833°N 36.82944°E | Millergof | A private palace of the Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller.[14] The aerial photos are available on Panoramio and Terraserver, while being censored in Yahoo Maps, Yandex Maps and Wikimapia (replaced by older imagery[15]). | [40] |
Slovakia
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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48°41′55″N 18°32′0″E / 48.69861°N 18.53333°E | Novaky Power Station, a huge power station with 300 metres tall chimney | Power station is pixeled in order to have worse resolution | [41] |
48°15′44″N 18°27′12″E / 48.26222°N 18.45333°E | Mochovze Nuclear Power Station | Areal of power station is pixeled | [42] |
47°53′03″N 17°32′30″E / 47.88417°N 17.54167°E | Possible site of switchyard of Gabcicovo Power Station | Fenced-in area of grass at whose edge a road and two powerlines end. May be the area of switchyard of Gabcicovo Power Station, which is disguised by a lawn. As road ends at edge on same level, it seems to be no underground facility. | [43] |
Spain
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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40°27′55″N 3°44′00″W / 40.465201°N 3.733313°W | Area in Puerta de Hierro, Madrid | Regimiento Estratégico de Transmisiones número 22 (RETES22) "Strategic Signals Regiment number 22" [44] [45] Censored in 2009, clear in earlier imagery still visible in Google Earth. |
[46] |
40°24′25″N 3°47′16″W / 40.40706°N 3.78772°W | Area in Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid | Mando de Transmisiones del Ejército "Army Command Signals"[47] [48] Censored in 2009, clear in earlier imagery still visible in Google Earth. |
[49] |
37°39′29″N 1°00′44″W / 37.658157°N 1.012094°W | Helipuerto de Cartagena | Cartagena Heliport | [50] |
36°57′57″N 4°30′59″W / 36.965906°N 4.516454°W | Torcal de Antequera | Unclear why this is censored. Seems to be a landmark of some sort. | [51] |
36°44′51″N 2°43′06″W / 36.747447°N 2.718279°W | El Ejido | On this lot there is a small building with something almost like a silo in the middle. This location is not blocked in yahoo maps. There is no image for this location in Virtual Earth yet | [52] |
Portugal
Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
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38°45′40″N 27°05′01″W / 38.761178°N 27.08353°W | Lajes Field | "Portuguese Air Force Air Base nº 4. SAR base housing Aerospatiale SA330 Puma and C212 Aviocar aircraft for this purpose. The US Air Force 65th ABW is a detachment colocated here to support transient aircraft to the Middle East, Southwest Asia and Africa. Civilian terminal on west side of field approved for commercial traffic, refuelling and stopover operations." This may simply be cloud cover. | [53] |
38°40′46″N 9°19′19″W / 38.679429°N 9.321814°W | NATO Base Joint Command - Atlantic | NATO Headquarters in Oeiras near Lisbon. Very easy to tell cut and paste was used. | [54] |
38°39′52″N 9°08′53″W / 38.664452°N 9.148028°W | Base Naval do Alfeite | Portuguese Navy Base, near Lisbon. Partial digital censorship. | [55] |
38°42′29″N 9°02′03″W / 38.708170°N 9.03416°W | Montijo Air Base | Used by Portuguese Air Force mainly for SAR and Transport purposes. AW101, C130 and C295 Base.See more info under Força Aérea Portuguesa. Planes were probably removed from the image. | [56] |
38°33′05″N 9°06′08″W / 38.55139°N 9.10211°W | Nato Fernão Ferro | Former Nato ammunition depot | [57] |
38°33′36″N 9°10′59″W / 38.5601°N 9.18314°W | Armada Fonte da Telha | "Navy Communications Center - Partially visible - Google's error ?" | [58] |
38°42′15″N 9°12′24″W / 38.7042°N 9.20677°W | Ministério da Defesa | Defense Ministry Offices Lisbon. False image in place 9/7/10 | [59] |
North America
United States
References
- ^ Google Earth agrees to blur pix of key Indian sites
- ^ [1]
- ^ Johnson, Jenna (2007-07-22). "Google's View of D.C. Melds New and Sharp, Old and Fuzzy". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Google Earth prompts Indian fears
- ^ Lucas Heights image stays on Google
- ^ Moses, Asher (August 13, 2007). "Google's photos of Sydney go all fuzzy". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ Parliament In Brief: ‘No need to blur images’
- ^ Did Google censor Basra imagery?
- ^ Terrorists 'use Google maps to hit UK troops
- ^ http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=babylon,+iraq&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.671324,56.25&ie=UTF8&ll=32.469943,44.550161&spn=0.036062,0.054932&t=h&z=14&iwloc=addr
- ^ [2]
- ^ Minami Torishima
- ^ http://www.ad.nl/utrecht/zuid/article718727.ece
- ^ http://www.compromat.ru/page_27845.htm
- ^ http://englishrussia.com/?p=6168#more-6168
External links
- Map of Blurred Places
- Verboden plekken in Nederland A list in Dutch of 54 blurred locations in the Netherlands under the heading "Onherkenbaar"