Google Earth Critised by India

Though the Google spokesperson referring to Google Earth said: "Google's freely available technology has been used for vital purposes ranging from fighting forest fires to emergency response, rescue, and relief in natural disasters such as the Kashmir earthquake relief efforts and the Mithi river floodplain project."

India General Army J.J. Signh disagreed in a defence seminar held by an Indian confederation: "This satellite images definitely would give an advantage to our adversaries. We concede that these satellite images do compromise our sensitive and strategic sites. But we are not the only ones affected. So a major universal effort has to be there to get it blocked." Link

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