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Google ‘spying’ on IDF
http://www.ynetnews.com ^ | 6/11/06 | Dudi Goldman

Posted on 06/12/2006 8:52:28 PM PDT by mastercylinder

Photos of IDF bases and top secret IAF facilities have recently become available to the public courtesy of Google’s satellite imagery service, Google Earth .

Google Earth, launched a year ago, initially featured low-resolution photos of Israel. Lately, however, the company improved the resolution of those satellite images, and last Friday they succeeded in matching the images’ standards to those of all other Google photos.

This allows users to see detailed aerial photos of IAF bases and the top-secret power station located near the southern city of Ashkelon.

The current resolution is two meters per pixel and it allows for a detailed view of the ground.

Israeli internet users demanded better resolution

For security reasons and in accordance with an agreement Israeli has with US-based companies that provide satellite imagery, images of Israel with resolution higher than 2 meters per pixel are barred from sale.

In addition, in 1996 Congress approved a law stating that US commercial companies must apply for a special permit before selling such high-resolution images of Israel.

In other words, if up until now Google had treated Israel differently, now it is treated with the same standards Google applies to other countries. However, Google does not feature images of the nuclear facility in the Negev desert.

Immediately following the launch of Google Earth last year, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other world leaders complained that this service was a risk to their nations’ security.

Nevertheless, in the past several months, Israeli internet users demanded that Google improve the resolution of the Israeli images.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 06/12/2006 8:52:30 PM PDT by mastercylinder
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I was trying to find Z-Man's safe house with Google Earth last night and couldn't.


2 posted on 06/12/2006 8:54:17 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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Israeli internet users demanded that Google improve the resolution of the Israeli images.

Palestinians?

3 posted on 06/12/2006 8:55:03 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: bnelson44

Me, too. Resolution's terrible.


4 posted on 06/12/2006 8:55:45 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: mastercylinder

Isn't one of the Google founders of Arabic descent?


5 posted on 06/12/2006 8:59:13 PM PDT by antonico
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To: bnelson44

Do they ever update their images? I was checking out Chicago on their and the view of Soldier Field was when it was being rebuilt.


6 posted on 06/12/2006 9:01:11 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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Do they ever update their images?

I live in Cebu in the Philippines and they've recently updated the image for Cebu City, were in the past it was cloud covered, now it's sunny with decent resolution.

7 posted on 06/12/2006 9:11:36 PM PDT by Doofer
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I wonder if Google would go so far as to place false images of secure areas into their map collection.


8 posted on 06/12/2006 9:12:25 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: mastercylinder

how are the area 51 images?


9 posted on 06/12/2006 9:15:14 PM PDT by isom35
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To: Stayingawayfromthedarkside
["Do they ever update their images?"]

You are correct. I just bought a house today (closing date today) that was built 2.5 years ago. However, when you look at the Google Earth Image of the house, the image was taken when the house just constructed without any landscaping. Thus, the image must be at least a two years old.
10 posted on 06/12/2006 9:16:14 PM PDT by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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To: bnelson44

I'm surprised. Baghdad and my old base show up clear as a bell. I can tell which building I slept in.


11 posted on 06/12/2006 9:22:02 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascism, now ACT LIKE IT, PRESIDENT BUSH!)
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To: mastercylinder

Hmmmm you think the founders of Google know who they are messing with??? Maybe they should do a search


12 posted on 06/12/2006 9:23:10 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: isom35

The free version had a UFO with alien wrenching on it on April Fools Day !


13 posted on 06/12/2006 9:26:37 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascism, now ACT LIKE IT, PRESIDENT BUSH!)
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To: Doofer

Yeah, I have seen clouds blocking the ground too. It just struck my brain they have a lot of images to produce, so it would take a while to update if necessary.


14 posted on 06/12/2006 9:29:57 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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To: bnelson44

Wright Patt AFB comes in clear as day. I don't know which buildings have aliens, though.


15 posted on 06/12/2006 9:31:48 PM PDT by GoBucks2002
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To: LibWhacker
Israeli internet users demanded that Google improve the resolution of the Israeli images.

Palestinians?

My guess would be leftists/anti-war types.

16 posted on 06/12/2006 9:32:03 PM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: LjubivojeRadosavljevic

Look at post #14 and read what I said.


17 posted on 06/12/2006 9:32:25 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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To: GoBucks2002

So does March AFB in CA. I don't think they have any aliens though. I use to live near there. I went there for an air show once. I didn't notice anything strange. Of course I could be wrong. LOL!!!


18 posted on 06/12/2006 9:35:35 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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To: mastercylinder

No flying saucers visible at Area 51.


19 posted on 06/12/2006 9:41:51 PM PDT by Wiggins
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To: Stayingawayfromthedarkside
Right.
The image of the house "next door" (about 200 yards) to me is perfect (large house, huge driveway, etc.) is exactly as it appears today. Note, I'd like to have that house but I'm not that wealthy :-)

It must of been a date without clouds when the image was produced.
20 posted on 06/12/2006 9:56:34 PM PDT by LjubivojeRadosavljevic
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