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

[Brian Steisslinger]

Googles response is here along with the katrina image library they have been
running for a while (well before the conspiracy) ...

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-new-orleans-imagery-in-google.html

http://earth.google.com/katrina.html

On 4/3/07, Alan McConnell <alan at patriot.net> wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
>
>         . . .  <stuff snipped>
>
> >       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.
>
>         . . .  <stuff snipped>
>
> >       It may be the worst disaster, but that doesn't mean that google
> needs to do
> > anything special for NOLA.
>
>         . . .  <stuff snipped>
>
> >       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.
>
>         . . .  <stuff snipped>
>
> > 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.
>
>         . . .  <stuff snipped>
>
>         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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>     Impeachment proceedings should be started immediately.
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