India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday December 25, 2005 @06:02AM from the put-it-in-a-shed dept.

Digital Inspiration writes "According to Yahoo News, the Indian Government, 'concerned over satellite images of its strategic installations being made available in the public domain by internet search engine Google, has decided to constitute an expert group to suggest ways to safeguard the country's interests.' Earlier, The President of India expressed concerns that terrorists could use Google Earth to plan assaults on the Indian parliament, the President's house and government offices in New Delhi, all of which show up clearly in Google Earth's photos. Google Earth has expressed its readiness to have discussions with the Government regarding the issue."

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Re:Google should fix this by superpulpsicle · 2005-12-25 10:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

They should just charge the India govt to leave the pictures out, $100,000 per blocked facility. Bill Gates will pay for it. He's already paying for their health care, this is just extra pocket change.