A nice post by Google Earth whiz and virtual life ambassador Stefan Geens on why the Kyl-Bingaman amendment, which gives Israel special protection from Google Earth and satellite pic takers, is bad law.
When it comes to Israel, there is the additional issue of needing to justify the Kyl-Bingaman Amendment to the US National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, which forbids US remote sensing operators from selling imagery of Israel at resolutions that are higher than what’s available commercially elsewhere in the world — currently 2 meters per pixel. No other country in the world enjoys such protection. What is it about the nuclear research complex at Dimona that makes it more worthy of censorship than Three Mile Island?
3 responses so far ↓
1 Pappe // Oct 10, 2007 at 12:18 pm
It is just a smart move not to mess with israel: It is just to make sure Israel will not blind by lazer the Google Earth Sat.
2 ns // Oct 10, 2007 at 12:56 pm
why exactly is it bad law? whose rights does it violate?
3 Interlude-Google Earth and Israel « The WYSIWYG* Blog // Oct 27, 2007 at 2:58 pm
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