This recent article from the New York Times is almost boring 'cause the news is so old... but I'm going to mention it anyway.
It seems that some countries like India and Thailand have finally noticed that "Hey, Google Earth provides easy access to overhead imagery of sensitive parts of our country." Um, yeah... and it's been out there for a while now.
Interesting line: India's surveyor general, Maj. Gen. M. Gopal Rao, [commenting on Google Earth's offering of imagery of India] said, "They ought to have asked us."
Right. Google's response is basically (and appropriately): Times are changing, and the best thing to do is adapt to the advances in technology.
The genie is out of the bottle folks. Let's accept that fact and move on...
Eclectic antics & observations on design, writing and demolishing the status quo
No comments:
Post a Comment