Switching to satellite view shows everything, though. There are apparently a lot of countries that do not have maps of roads. Cyprus, Vietnam, Iceland, Pakistan and many Caribbean islands as further examples.
Google will also obscure or remove some vital maps and images if requested by the host country. (VP's residence here in the US for example) Here is one reason Israel might want to obscure such things: Fatah using google earth to target rockets. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/oct/25/inside.gaza But, jump to 2:35. The rest of the video is stomach-turning. On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Georgia is asking for a truce and Russia is ignoring it. Someone mentioned > that Georgia is missing from yahoo maps and if you look you'll see that all > roads into the country disappear as soon as they get to the boarder, all of > the cities have no name or identifiers, etc. its like they don't exist as a > country at all. Even if you type in Georgia into Google maps all you get is > the American state. Either Google doesn't know anything about the country > or > they expect it to be called South Russia in a few days. > > After a little extra viewing I see that Israel also has the same problem. > No > cities mentioned, no roads, etc. But we all know Google is dedicated to > pure > knowledge with no agenda. Don't we? > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So what does everyone think of the situation in Gerogia? The Russians > > appear to have completely thrown out the post-Cold War agenda and seem > > to be intent on overthrowing the democratic government of Georgia. > > > > The Russians timed the invasion on purpose, as well. They waited until > > the opening day of the Olympics to stage a massive assault. Who knows > > where it ends at this point. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265667 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
