764 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 608 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 5971 times:
Since I will have to travel to upstate New York later this year I was just looking at ROC, SYR, BGM and ITH (all would be good options to fly into) on Google Earth and Maps. All of them have been blurred. What makes them so special? This seems to be a regional phenomenon - BUF, ELM, ALB look just as bad.
Most other airports elsewhere (even in the same state) are still visible in full detail (thank goodness). Any idea what's going on?
N62NA From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3681 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 5942 times:
I don't know about the others, but SYR also has (or had) military a/c based on the south side of the airfield.
Maverick623 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 4744 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 5889 times:
Quoting N62NA (Reply 1): I don't know about the others, but SYR also has (or had) military a/c based on the south side of the airfield.
That has nothing to do with it, I can look at numerous USAF bases up close.
DALMD88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2366 posts, RR: 15 Reply 3, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 5609 times:
I was born and raised in CNY near SYR. I think it has to do with the age of the images. It's not just the airports that are blurry. Entire counties are like that. They all seem to be quite old. I doubt the area has been mapped in a long time.
ZakHH From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 5403 times:
At first I thought this was nonsense, but the OP is correct. If you zoom in really close, you will see that the airport area has been blurred. And this was certainly done on purpose, you can even see the border of the blurry area is almost exactly the perimeter fence or perimeter roads.
Goldenshield From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5445 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 5394 times:
AFAIK, this was done at the request of the NY state DOT, as they don't want anyone finding back-doors.
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United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7160 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 5219 times:
Quoting Goldenshield (Reply 5): AFAIK, this was done at the request of the NY state DOT, as they don't want anyone finding back-doors
I heard that all NY airports are blurred.
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Sulley From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 501 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 5183 times:
Goldenshield From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5445 posts, RR: 12 Reply 9, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4983 times:
Quoting United_fan (Reply 6): Quoting Goldenshield (Reply 5):
AFAIK, this was done at the request of the NY state DOT, as they don't want anyone finding back-doors
I heard that all NY airports are blurred.
Just the ones with commercial service.
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scottsea From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 21 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4939 times:
I checked out the SYR in google maps and it's interesting that a different technique is used compared to the coarse pixelization of Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire. Bing pixelates the nuke station just like google.
JetBlue777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 1427 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3949 times:
Quoting United_fan (Reply 6): I heard that all NY airports are blurred.
JFK and LGA aren't. I just checked JFK on Google Maps and it's REALLY REALLY clear, you could identify the A/C and Airline, even some REG!
unattendedbag From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 2240 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3949 times:
Quoting United_fan (Reply 6): I heard that all NY airports are blurred.
cschleic From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 1033 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 3440 times:
There are plenty of other websites for GA pilots that have aerial photos of airports. Heck, probably even some here on a.net. They won't be nice straight overhead satellite shots, but still a good overall view.
m11stephen From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1206 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (2 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2700 times:
I just checked and SYR isn't blurred on Google Earth for me. Its quite clear actually...
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