The US Defense Department said Thursday it is forbidding Google from
filming and depicting in detail its military bases, after officials
found precise imagery of a Texas base on the Google Maps website.
"We received a report that
Google Maps was collecting imagery and 360 degree views, including
detailed imagery, of a base in Texas," Gary Ross, spokesman for
the US Northern Command, told AFP in explaining the Pentagon's move.
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