new jersey geographer » Data http://njgeo.org GIS and planning in New Jersey Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:50:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ogle Earth on redaction of images from Google http://njgeo.org/2009/02/23/ogle-earth-on-redaction-of-images-from-google/ http://njgeo.org/2009/02/23/ogle-earth-on-redaction-of-images-from-google/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:07:44 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=105 Continue reading →]]> Today, Ogle Earth has posted an excellent article on images from Google Earth that have gone missing. The imagery is of an area in Pakistan. Apparently Dianne Feinstein commented that the US military has been using a base in Pakistan for the staging and deployment of unmanned drones. This comment precipitated a chain reaction of reissued statements and denials. The images in question showed aircraft similar to those of the Predator drones. This image has since been removed from Google Earth and DigitalGlobe.

Ogle Earth sums up the issue quite well:

Did both Google and DigitalGlobe separately receive a request from a government (presumably the US, but possibly Pakistan) to remove this imagery from public scrutiny, and comply, or is there a contractual obligation/legal obligation on the part of Google to remove imagery from Google Earth if DigitalGlobe removes it from its product list? Did DigitalGlobe make a mistake in publishing the 2006 imagery available in the first place, considering that the US military has “shutter control” of the satellite’s cameras? Or perhaps (and I’m merely speculating), since the Predator drone operations are run by the CIA and not the US military, were shutter control orders somehow not properly relayed via the usual channels?

I’d love to find out exactly why the images were pulled. Once they’ve made the rounds, it’s almost pointless to remove them. Haven’t we learned from the Streisand Effect?

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]]> http://njgeo.org/2009/02/23/ogle-earth-on-redaction-of-images-from-google/feed/ 0 GeoEye-1 sends back first imagery http://njgeo.org/2008/10/09/geoeye-1-sends-back-first-imagery/ http://njgeo.org/2008/10/09/geoeye-1-sends-back-first-imagery/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:45:01 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=30 Continue reading →]]> GeoEye-1, an Earth-imaging satellite that’s been in the news recently due to its agreement with Google to provide the company with half-meter imagery, has sent back its first pictures. The satellite will provide images for Google to use in its Maps and Earth applications, as well as for resale. The first image sent back was of Kutztown University. When in panchromatic mode, the satellite captures an area equivalent to the size of Texas within a day.

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]]> http://njgeo.org/2008/10/09/geoeye-1-sends-back-first-imagery/feed/ 0 New Jersey Public Schools GIS Data http://njgeo.org/2008/10/08/new-jersey-public-schools-gis-data/ http://njgeo.org/2008/10/08/new-jersey-public-schools-gis-data/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:07:38 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=28 Continue reading →]]> Point locations for public schools in New Jersey is now available in personal geodatabase form. The dataset, created by the Office of GIS with information from the Department of Education, is available for download through NJGIN.

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