Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps?
by vanusa on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:39PM
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This link title is extremely misleading to the point of being disingenuous and provocative. The title of the linked article is “Israel-Gaza: Why is the region blurry on Google Maps?”... because the entire Israel / Gaza / West Bank region is blurred in the exact same way. There is no preferential blurring of Palestinian areas.
My fault - it was a hasty decision to correct what was (perceived) as an error (based on what was perhaps a faulty, because hasty, reading of the title earlier). There's a lot going on in that region at the moment, and a lot of news to catch up on - that's where the haste came from.
The clear answer is to prevent actors on both sides from using Google’s satellite imagery to plan attacks against one another.
I somehow doubt that the motive is as clear as you suppose - but that's an entirely different matter.
My fault - it was a hasty decision to correct what was (perceived) as an error (based on what was perhaps a faulty, because hasty, reading of the title earlier). There's a lot going on in that region at the moment, and a lot of news to catch up on - that's where the haste came from.
The clear answer is to prevent actors on both sides from using Google’s satellite imagery to plan attacks against one another.
I somehow doubt that the motive is as clear as you suppose - but that's an entirely different matter.