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Does anyone know the real location of these pictures? I tried the waypoint in the picture, and it takes me to blurry mountains.
I'd vote for the abandoned brick factory, they were carving the hills https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.580234,+76.058357&hl=e... yet there are no bulldozers.
There's some interesting stuff near there. Close to the airport there's some sort of campus with what looks like test tracks: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.548+N,+75.996+E The tracks look designed for either testing cars or teaching advanced driving to police. There are T shaped concrete pads that are stained like people have done millions of three point turns on them or something. The whole complex is a bit odd.
There are a lot of spots that seems to be "censored" in Taklamakan Desert, to the East. Some of the spots are located at: 38.922210, 83.813098 http://goo.gl/maps/3RSmB 38.973006, 83.905259 http://goo.gl/maps/Wlyfo 38.987518, 83.84858 http://goo.gl/maps/jicRC 38.950323, 83.797617 http://goo.gl/maps/DyykD but there's plenty of them. And there's a huge complex in the zone that looks like missile silos. But why would lea…
Who do you suppose is doing the censoring and why?
From wikipedia: "Censorship of maps is also applied by Google maps, where certain areas are greyed out or areas are purposely left outdated with old imagery." [1]