Chinese black helicopters circle Google Earth.
Posted on 05/06/2008 3:23:53 AM PDT by HAL9000
BEIJING (AFP) - China has launched an investigation into online mapping services by Internet giants including Google and Sohu in an effort to protect state secrets and territorial integrity, state press said.According to Min Yiren, vice head of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, authorities hope to get rid of online maps that wrongly depict China's borders or that reveal military secrets, the People's Daily said Monday.
The government began the investigation into the problematic maps in April and will continue it until the end of the year, the report said.
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Guess they are miffed at Goggle Earth for allowing us rank amatuers to examine the satellite images and find their hidden submarine base on Hainan Island...among other things.
How long before the Chinese gag google? Maybe they will buy it and close it.
So Google doesn't show India as part of China?
I’m sure google will bow before their Chinese masters in short order.
Chinese black helicopters circle Google Earth.
My first thought: Test area for terrain-recognition algorithms for cruise missiles...
OTOH, I'm not aware of many targets in that area of the Himalayas...
Maybe it's just to draw attention away from the obvious structured area to the right in the photos... (Naaah...)
Read the thread that I linked to in the same post. The modeled topography was identified as being a contested valley region in the Kashmir border area with India.
Their number one son AlBore already owns it. Question is why did those maps and pictures get on Google in the first place. Expect AlBore to be called in Peking by his handlers during the Olympics for reprogramming.
Guess I better go study my geography. I thought that Kashmir region was part of the Himalayan uplift zone...
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