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Google's Bangalore Streetview Project Stalled

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-in-my-town dept.

GillBates0 writes "The Bangalore Police have objected to the collection of data by Google's cars, which were criss-crossing Bangalore city taking high definition images to give users 360 degree views of streets. Talking about the security concerns in an earlier interview with CNN-IBN, Google India Product Head Vinay Goel said, 'We are only driving on public roads and taking publicly available imagery so what we are not doing is going into a specific installation and taking private pictures and obviously we are working with the authorities so if there are certain locations they don't want us to be there we won't go there, we are happy working with the authorities here.'"

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  1. War against photography by Compaqt · · Score: 4, Informative

    Their words, not mine

    http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/the_war_on_phot.html
    http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/115726/
    http://www.google.com/search?q=war+against+photography

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  2. Re:I'm mildly disappointed by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 4, Informative

    India has had a problem with Google, Mapquest and everyone else since the Mumbai Terror Attacks in 2008.

    Remember that? 164 dead, over 300 wounded and the terrorists used Google Earth to pan the attacks and figure out where to go.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3691723/Mumbai-attacks-Indian-suit-against-Google-Earth-over-image-use-by-terrorists.html

    So maybe India has a reason to have a problem with Google Streetview