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Re: These 20 Places Have Been Hidden from the Public by Google
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Chris Hanson <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc.
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Fri, 8 Apr 2016 12:13:24 -0600
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> Well, this was posted on April 1st but I did confirm that many of the
> places are actually pixelated and/or obscured in google maps ... I'm mostly
> curious about #3 the islands in Russia. Does anyone know why that is
> obscured
>

I would guess simply because nobody has bothered acquiring satellite images
of them because there's no interest in them.

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