Martian2
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Just to let everyone know, you can't find quality pictures of Taiwan's Taiping Island.
Apparently, it's being censored by Google. Taiping Island may be covered by Taiwan's laws forbidding disclosure of military secrets.
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Taiping Island | ThereAreNoSunglasses
"[While on the topic of the Spratly Islands in dispute…Why is Google Earth censoring the views of the islands? For some reason, on close-up view, all of the islands’ images have been distorted, cut-outs from other views, “air-brushed” details, such as the contentious Taiwanese airport being constructed on Taiping Island. Notice the Google view in the first snapshot below, and you see what looks like a dusty dirt-covered hamlet from somewhere else, compared to the actual image of the island airstrip in the following snapshot, from TerraServer."
Apparently, it's being censored by Google. Taiping Island may be covered by Taiwan's laws forbidding disclosure of military secrets.
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Taiping Island | ThereAreNoSunglasses
"[While on the topic of the Spratly Islands in dispute…Why is Google Earth censoring the views of the islands? For some reason, on close-up view, all of the islands’ images have been distorted, cut-outs from other views, “air-brushed” details, such as the contentious Taiwanese airport being constructed on Taiping Island. Notice the Google view in the first snapshot below, and you see what looks like a dusty dirt-covered hamlet from somewhere else, compared to the actual image of the island airstrip in the following snapshot, from TerraServer."