https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/04/google-didnt-stop-obscuring-imagery-of-russian-military-sites-because-the-imagery-hadnt-been-obscured-in-the-first-place/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:05:57 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1806914 More]]> Yesterday, reports that Google Maps had stopped obscuring satellite imagery of sensitive Russian military facilities spread like wildfire across Twitter. Only there was no official announcement from Google saying they’d done so, and while Ukrainian Twitter was seriously running with it, I wanted to see some confirmation from the mapping side. In the event, an update to Ars Technica’s story says that Google hadn’t stopped blurring the imagery—the imagery hadn’t been blurred in the first place. “A Google spokesperson told Ars that the company hasn’t changed anything with regard to blurring out sensitive sites in Russia, so perhaps none of us were looking closely until now.”

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