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GOOGLE limits resolution for sensitive Israeli sites

Understandings reached by Israel reduce its vulnerability to enlarged satellite Internet photos of defense sites.

Ran Dagoni, Washington 22 Dec 05 15:32

Since GOOGLE (Nasdaq: GOOG) began offering satellite photographs of locations everywhere in the world in April 2005, countries have feared that high-resolution photographs of sensitive sites would expose their weak points to terrorists.
Israeli sources told "Globes" that Israel was very sensitive to exposure of strategic locations in satellite photographs. However, legal restrictions in the US and understandings between Israel and other countries are reducing Israel’s vulnerability to enlarged photos of locations liable to become targets of mega-terrorism.

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