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I thought that many, maybe even most US military facilities (at least the more secretive ones) were blanked out altogether on Google Earth. I thought it had alw
by mwfunk 8y ago
I thought that many, maybe even most US military facilities (at least the more secretive ones) were blanked out altogether on Google Earth. I thought it had always been that way. Maybe I’m wrong.
I’m more surprised that it was there in the first place, if there were people who considered it sensitive. Not updating the imagery of a particular military site for 8 years seems more like expected behavior than some monocle-popping revelation of malfeasance.
- smacktoward 8y agoYou might be surprised. You can't find it by searching, for instance, but if you put in the coordinates you can see the notorious Groom Lake airfield (aka "Area 51") isn't blanked out: https://goo.gl/maps/UHEneL7nJbN2 https://goo.gl/maps/UHEneL7nJbN2
- seba_dos1 8y agoThere's even an easter egg around there when you try to use the Street View.
- singingboyo 8y agoWho needs streetview when the nearest highway is 'Extraterrestrial Highway'? Also, possibly spoiling the easter egg - apparently military bases are a) boring b) not as strict as expected (see [1], which specifically says not to photograph and yet... though there are also no connected street views.) [1] https://goo.gl/maps/eRP4dhtVK3R2 https://goo.gl/maps/eRP4dhtVK3R2 ETA: Apparently google has added photo spheres to its map, so that's not strictly street view. However, it's still interesting.