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Google Investigating Photoshopped Area on Google Maps
Wednesday August 20th 2008Filed Under Google Maps
An area in the Netherlands showing cloned trees that was the subject of speculation for some bloggers last week is being investigated by Google Maps. Where there are areas that Google Maps won’t show due to security or sensitivity reasons, these areas are blurred out or pixelated and no attempt is made to camouflage them. According to the Stinky Journalism site which contacted Google for comment, Google’s Kate Hurowitz, of Global Communications & Public Affairs stated, “We’re aware that there seems to be an anomaly in our imagery and are working to determine what happened.”
Read more: Google Investigating Photoshopped Google Map Image – Stinky Journalism
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