-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:05:01 -0500
From:   Toby Main <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]



And of course nobody knew what that blurred out image in the middle of
the Naval Observatory in DC was, now did they? What foolishness.
TM

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Maps-L Moderator for Linda Zellmer"
    To: [log in to unmask]
    Subject: California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
    Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:24:49 -0600


    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
    Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:46:16 -0600 (CST)
    From: Linda R Zellmer
    To: Map&AirPhotoDiscussionList



    Hello,

    This was in the Map Room when I checked this morning. Note that
    this would be at the state level, not the Federal. Linda Zellmer

    Republican California Assemblyman Joel Anderson has introduced a
    bill to censor online satellite imagery of public buildings. “His
    bill would restrict the images such Web sites could post online.
    Clear, detailed images of schools, hospitals, churches and all
    government buildings — what he calls soft terrorism targets —
    would not be allowed. … His bill would make it illegal in
    California to post close-up images of such buildings. Instead, the
    images would have to be blurred.” Note to terrorists: Everything
    blurred is worth bombing. And, since transportation infrastructure
    is also clearly a soft terrorist target, all imagery of roads
    should be blurred too.

    --
    Linda Zellmer
    Government Information & Data Services Librarian
    415 Malpass Library
    Macomb, IL 61455
    [log in to unmask]
    Phone: 309-298-2723
    Fax: 309-298-2791



Toby Main
State Library of New Mexico
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507


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