Wikipedia (in Russian) says that there is a navy/border control base on this island. However, I checked a few other naval bases I know of, and they do not seem to be blurred. So this might not be the reason. On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > And I would guess that Russia is actively doing either preparations for or > actual drilling for oil, natural gas, or similar, because in the past > couple of years they have ramped up mineral explorations as the Arctic ice > retreats and has eyes on making as many claims as possible. > > Paige > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Chris Hanson" <[log in to unmask]> > *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent: *Friday, April 8, 2016 2:13:24 PM > *Subject: *Re: These 20 Places Have Been Hidden from the Public by Google > > 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. > > -- > Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere. [log in to unmask] > http://www.alphapixel.com/ > Training • Consulting • Contracting > 3D • Scene Graphs (Open Scene Graph/OSG) • OpenGL 2 • OpenGL 3 • OpenGL 4 > • GLSL • OpenGL ES 1 • OpenGL ES 2 • OpenCL > Legal/IP • Code Forensics • Digital Imaging • GIS • GPS • > osgEarth • Terrain • Telemetry • Cryptography • LIDAR • Embedded • Mobile • > iPhone/iPad/iOS • Android > @alphapixel <https://twitter.com/alphapixel> facebook.com/alphapixel (775) > 623-PIXL [7495] > >