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The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

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Re: The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

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Post by rdtsc »

Related is the story of Soviet maps. The Soviets had engaged in a monumental effort to map the world and then during the collapse in one of the republics the classified stack of maps got in the hands of Westerners:

https://www.sovietmaps.com/

Here is a longer article about it:

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/secret-cold-war-maps/

And also the map of San Francisco from the 80s:

http://i.imgur.com/SdmmFUd.jpg

Re: The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

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Post by arca_vorago »

Cieplak wrote: post #2

I'm really curious why this 14 mile strip of Antarctica is censored: https://www.google.com/maps/place/70%C2%B010'04.0%22S+87%C2%... Satellite map images with missing or unclear data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_miss...

Google will censor just about anything if a government asks them to and claims it's for national security. Hell, they even do it for the uber-rich independent of government.

Re: The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

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Post by Cieplak »

arca_vorago wrote: post #5
Cieplak wrote: post #2

I'm really curious why this 14 mile strip of Antarctica is censored: https://www.google.com/maps/place/70%C2%B010'04.0%22S+87%C2%... Satellite map images with missing or unclear data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_miss...

Google will censor just about anything if a government asks them to and claims it's for national security. Hell, they even do it for the uber-rich independent of government.

I'm pretty sure that any US person or organization that doesn't comply with matters supposedly pertaining to national security will go the way of Joe Nacchio and Qwest.

Re: The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

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Post by rdtsc »

arca_vorago wrote: post #5
Cieplak wrote: post #2

I'm really curious why this 14 mile strip of Antarctica is censored: https://www.google.com/maps/place/70%C2%B010'04.0%22S+87%C2%... Satellite map images with missing or unclear data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_miss...

Google will censor just about anything if a government asks them to and claims it's for national security. Hell, they even do it for the uber-rich independent of government.

Then in case of countries, those which allow Google to operate on their territory will often threaten Google to prevent it from operating there if Google doesn't censor certain parts.

Here is a list of known censored bits on satellite maps:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_miss...

Re: The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

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Post by burkaman »

arca_vorago wrote: post #5
Cieplak wrote: post #2

I'm really curious why this 14 mile strip of Antarctica is censored: https://www.google.com/maps/place/70%C2%B010'04.0%22S+87%C2%... Satellite map images with missing or unclear data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_map_images_with_miss...

Google will censor just about anything if a government asks them to and claims it's for national security. Hell, they even do it for the uber-rich independent of government.

Pretty sure you don't need to be uber-rich. Anyone can get their house censored if they ask nicely.
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