> By Panarat Thepgumpanat
>> Asian governments have expressed security concerns about easy access
>> to detailed satellite images on the Internet, such as those used by
>> rescuers in New Orleans, saying the technology could endanger
>> sensitive sites.
> Google should do the same as they do for the US. Currently, they
> block the roof of the White House, and buildings around it. View
> 1600 Pennsylvania and see. As you zoom in, at a certain magnification,
> the roofs are whited out.
> Either respect the wishes of those countries and 'mask' their sensitive
> sites, or don't mask ours.
> Jim Burks
> Collierville, TN
If the sites are so sensitive, let them use camouflage. All the Google masking does is highlight "sensitive" sites even more, like:
N38.92138 W77.06686 or: N37.275000, W115.791667 while at the same time, they don't even bother with: N38.74080 W104.83317
--Gene