Sunday, April 21, 2013

How a fake island landed on Google Earth

On the surface, it seems like almost a silly question: “Can law enforcement use Google Earth without a warrant?”. Because the imagery is so outdated (“new” imagery is typically a month or two old, at best), it seems that it would be of little value to

Iran is planning to create a new “Islamic Google Earth” called “Basir”, which they plan to have up and running in the next few months. They also plan to have a data center capacity that will match Google within three years, which is amazingly ambitious

If that wasn't enough, Iran is about to displace one of Google's most significant products. “Basir” will be a 3-D mapping tool for the entire globe, competing with Google Earth, and due for a rollout within a mere four months. While the product suffers

The story goes like this: On April 12th, a Redditor named ncav posted the photo below from Google Earth with the caption "A murder near my house on Google Maps, link in comments." Ncav then provided the link, which shows that the image is from Almere,

The lake has many more houses around it now, though it's almost certainly still a great place to play hockey for a few months each year. Despite a variety of historical images in Google, everything in that area was captured during warmer months (which

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How a fake island landed on Google Earth

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