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Re:China Blocks Foreign Companies from Mapping Its Roads for... by justicezyx on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:45PM (#15953524)
> Blocking mapping when the same is already accessible from space via spy and public satellites? Does not really makes sense.

Then no one needs to map the road anyway, why bother?

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Re:China Blocks Foreign Companies from Mapping Its Roads for... by i_cant_speel on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:18PM (#15953823)
The satellites don't provide enough information for self driving cars while they do provide enough information to be what China is considering a national security concern.
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