[Novalug] [OT] Google takes heat for using pre-Katrina imagery

[gregory pryzby]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 07:34:33PM -0400, Pete Nuwayser wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/03/31/katrina.google.maps.ap/index.html
> 
> In a nutshell:  Google had at one point updated their maps of New
> Orleans and other areas affected by Katrina with imagery showing the
> damage.  Later, they put the pre-Katrina imagery back.  Now a House
> subcommittee is calling them to the carpet over it, saying that Google
> is doing a "great injustice by airbrushing history."
> 
> I find this move on the House's part strange, annoying and ridiculous.
> First of all, Google may be a very popular Internet service, but
> they're still free to put whatever content up they want.  They are not
> a utility or government-regulated service.  I sure hope they don't
> cave to pressure to change the content they put on their site...
> although I think part of the investigation centers on the question of
> /why/ they changed the imagery back (and who may have asked them to do
> so).
> 
> What do you all think?

Why did Google change is my question? Are their photos of three states
(pre-Katrina, during/post Katrina [what was pulled], and what is there now)?

They should have 'current' photos of the site. Current is based on
cost and when the images are available.

I think Congress is getting involved where they shouldn't. Don't they
have something better to do than worry about satellite images? 

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