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Google Maps community competition falls foul of Indian regulations

Otto is a bear.

Satellite Mapping

India's stand point is pointless, the existence of companies that can map your country from satellite photographs renders such monopolies pointless, for anything other than the domestic market.

It's also pointless to have secret military bases, every local knows they are there, just not what they do, and any satellite photograph again renders such useless.

Google Maps just make it easier to find things for good or ill, the genie is out of the box. People who have ideas, especially innovative ideas that change the world, tend to focus on their beneficial view of the outcome, and not the negative or unintended consequences. Google is not the only company, government, political party, religion, Reg Reader, etc. etc. guilty of this, and it isn't a purely American trait. We should remember as well, we made Google what it is today, they provided the service, we loved it and used it.

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