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

[Alan McConnell]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:33:22PM -0500, Thomas R. Corbin wrote:
> On Sunday, 01 April 2007 02:15 pm, Alan McConnell escreveu:
> > On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 12:33:43PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:29:05PM -0400, Alan McConnell wrote:
>

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> 	That doesn't mean that there is a formal relationship between the gov't and 
> Google, nor that Google has any special responsibility to the gov't or the 
> people of the US becuase the gov't hasn't set up this location service you 
> say that we need.

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> 	It may be the worst disaster, but that doesn't mean that google needs to do 
> anything special for NOLA.

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> 	Yes, I quarrel with the statement "[google] should make every effort to make 
> what it is depicting as accurate as possible".  Google should do what they 
> can to give their customers the best service they can and still make a 
> profit.

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> in effect to "airbrush history".   Nor do I believe that Congress is 
> necessarily doing the right thing in investigating.   Congress wastes too 
> much money on investigating things that they have no business investigating.
> 
> 	If I am wrong and there was a nefarious plot, I'd be willing to condem google 
> or the nefarious plotter.  But until then, I'd just rather assume that 
> everyone involved had the best intentions.

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	Bottom line:  Thomas, you disagree with me.  Fine, why not? it
	is your prerogative in this great land.

But I see nothing new in your arguments, and I have already given my
response to them when they were made by other people, so I don't have
to reply any further now.  And I am quite sure that everyone else is
thoroughly bored by all this by now.  (I wonder why in the world Pete N.
heaved a brick into this hornet's nest???<G>)

Best wishes to all, and I hope all are enjoying this spring weather!

Alan

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