Posted: 9/27/2005 4:27:53 PM EDT
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Check it out. You can view the Pyramids, Grand Canyon, Great Wall of China, your house, my house, my friend's hot mom, etc.... |
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I was just doodling with google earth and I was trying to spy on mecca because I want to see what is going on there that is such a big deal. there is some censorship going on because I can get down to about 4000' in Chaco Canyon but I can't get below 30000' on mecca. And I imagine that we've got every square foot of mecca mapped out...but I can't get any better resolution. same thing with jerusalem. oh well, it's not a (yet) perfect world in which we live. still there is some disturbing censorship here. I can see my own house down to the cars in the driveway. but I can't see where yasser arafat is buried. |
It's not so much censorship as it is data availability. Don't read too much into it - remember, google had to buy the rights to use this data from most places. Some people don't have high-resolution photography, and some won't share it, and some won't share it at a reasonable price. |
I chalk it up to "cultural sensitivity"  Or National Security..... Like I say, I can get my own house down to cars in the driveway. |