Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Should Google Maps Show You Parts of the World the US Government Blocks? [Google]

Sam Biddle —When I look up my childhood apartment on Google Maps, I see the fences in the park across the street. But if I look up Israel, I get a muddy brown mess—because Congress said so, by law.
Give it a try. While most parts of the US (and much of the globe) are filled with crisp, high-resolution satellite imagery, Israel (and disputed Palestinian turf) are relegated to blurry crap. This isn't a mistake. The good stuff exists—but the US government won't let us see it.
In '97,

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