Teneriffe77 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 423 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 5070 times:
I've noticed lately that on google maps satellite views that some airports like BUF or SWF that used to clearly visible have now been blurred slightly so that you can't see as much detail as in the past. Does anyone know why?
Teneriffe77 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 423 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 4872 times:
Actually I just tried both ROC and SYR today and they were blured.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 4872 times:
It has to do with New York State and their security concerns. There are many areas in NY, not only airports, that get this treatment.
EHHO From Bulgaria, joined Dec 2005, 815 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 4802 times:
Yeah.. that increasing censorship in Google Earth sucks big time. In the Netherlands, all military airfields, in fact all military installations, including the shabby fuel and ammo depot around the corner from my place, have been blurred. All the while EDW is plainly visible, including the B-2 sitting on one of the aprons. I mean, c'moooooon.
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AlexPorter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 4744 times:
It's strange how they are blurred. They are still much better quality than airports that don't have the detail at all that just look super blurry. With these airports its easy to make most things out but just if you zoom in too much the level of detail is limited.
HighFlyer1986 From Canada, joined Jun 2006, 26 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 4736 times:
My house is burred but i am living no where near the military bases or anything... i think it just unfinish since google earth covers the worldwide.. lots of work to get to finer details... but i would like google earth to try Live Earth views... that would be awesome so i can see all the planes flying over the ocean and land
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 7, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4704 times:
The Google Earth view for ATL is waaaaaaaaaay out of date, the photos for it are at least 5 years old. They don't show any of the fifth runway construction, in fact most of the houses and buildings torn down for the project are still shown, and they were torn down about 5 years ago. Some of the roads that were realigned for the project are still shown to be in their former locations. The FL hangar on the northside of the airport isn't even there (not even any signs of construction, and that hangar was built almost three years ago). NW closed their MX hangar several years back and the photos still show it in operation. The former CO/BA/US cargo building and the old USPS building are still on there and they were torn down a few years back.
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