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Re:Pixel Perfect map of china by teaspoon on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @11:50PM (#2282871)
I enjoy a good sinophobic innuendo as much as the next guy, but how is it any easier to omit something from a hand-drawn map than to blur it out in a satellite photo?

http://www.itsecurity.com/features/51-things-not-on-google-m...

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Re:Pixel Perfect map of china by roel_v on Thursday March 03, 2011 @05:45AM (#2283538)
I have no opinion on what is true in this context, but completely in the abstract: when drawing things it's possible to put in fake data (residential area or forest where a military facility or nuclear reactor is located) without it being possible to be detected. The blurring at least shows that something is there.
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Re:Pixel Perfect map of china by jcl on Thursday March 03, 2011 @10:35AM (#2284386)
Heh... It's possible to fool aerial viewers as well:

http://thinkorthwim.com/2007/08/19/1034/

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Re:Pixel Perfect map of china by roel_v on Friday March 04, 2011 @05:09AM (#2287594)
That is wicked cool, thanks for the link. It must be awesome to be assigned a job like this, or being part of the crew implementing it.
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