Google Forgets to Erase out Detailed Shots of White-House
Google has recently updated and added new data for over 100 cities in their Google Earth program. In this it includes the Washington DC area, and Google has forgotten to erase out the roof of the white-house (which they have done previously).
Click on the image for a full view.
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Comment by Anonymous — August 19, 2005 @ 7:12 am
it isn’t that white from the top
Comment by argonauta — August 19, 2005 @ 8:23 am
This may be a dumb question but is it a federal law making it illegal to have aerial photos of the white house?
Comment by daniel tams — August 19, 2005 @ 1:23 pm
I’m disappointed. I always thought those little grey rectangles would be hiding some radar dishes and missile launchers, or at least a few black-clad mutant ninja commandos…
Comment by Jayson Elliot — August 19, 2005 @ 1:51 pm
Yeah, I know… where are the ninjas?!
Comment by Hans — August 19, 2005 @ 1:57 pm
Are the treasury buildings’ (the buildings to the immediate west and east) roofs in tact? I’ll bet those are better spots to put defenses…
Comment by Georg — August 19, 2005 @ 2:05 pm
Perhaps they’re using altered images provided by the DoD to hide what’s really there? Just a thought.
Comment by Ward — August 19, 2005 @ 2:08 pm
In response to Jayson Elliot: “or at least a few black-clad mutant ninja commados…” If you could spot them from this image, then the IMNCA (International Mutant Ninja Commandos Alliance)would revoke their membership for being spotted so easily. They are ninjas, duh! Have you ever seen a ninja???…
Comment by Drewskey — August 19, 2005 @ 2:10 pm
So……what’s the big deal? Every other city in the world has high res info. Given the type of person that this information would be useful to to commit dastardly deeds with, I would submit that they already had it, and more.
Comment by neoMisAnthrope — August 19, 2005 @ 2:33 pm
“I’m disappointed. I always thought those little grey rectangles would be hiding some radar dishes and missile launchers”
My thoughts exactly.
There are supposed to be armed secret service snipers stationed on the roof… In the original (larger) Google image, you can make the shadow of a human figure standing on the left side of the building, inside the white rectangle.
Comment by Sam — August 19, 2005 @ 4:56 pm
Is that the real white house or one of the copy cat houses built to look like the white house in Texas or California that I have heard of
Comment by JR — August 19, 2005 @ 5:08 pm
Even more interesting stuff! The capitol building is no longer blurred out either. And check out area 51 (just west of rachel, nv) it is a hi-res picture now too! Wow, lots of contraversy.. first the austrailian nuclera plant, now the white house and capitol building, then area 51.. what’s next!?!?
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Trackback by NIF — August 19, 2005 @ 6:27 pm
Ah, and even the CIA headquarters too. Nice. I guess the Aussie experience convinced Google to either start blurring the world or unblur the USA.
Comment by wayan — August 19, 2005 @ 9:35 pm
They blocked out the sat photo at google maps now but you can still see it using Google Earth software
Comment by Steven — August 19, 2005 @ 9:51 pm
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Trackback by Evan Brown — August 22, 2005 @ 2:37 pm
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