Sunday, June 12, 2011

Why Google Earth can't show you Israel

Hamed Aleaziz, Mother Jones - Since Google launched its Google Earth feature in 2005, the company has become a worldwide leader in providing high-resolution satellite imagery...There is one entire country, however, that Google Earth won't show you: Israel. That's because, in 1997, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, one section of which is titled, "Prohibition on collection and release of detailed satellite imagery relating to Israel."