Satellite map images with missing or unclear data
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Some locations on free, publicly-viewable satellite map services, have missing, incomplete, or unclear map data. In some cases, these regions have been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred. Westchester County, New York
, for example, has asked Google
to blur potential terror targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite imagery
.
In some cases, censorship of certain sites has been removed. When Google Maps
was launched, images of the White House
and United States Capitol
in Washington, D.C.
were blurred out; current versions of Google Maps and Google Earth
show these sites uncensored, but with out-of-date imagery.
n government, Google issued a statement saying "Google has been talking and will continue to talk to the Indian government about any security concerns it may have regarding Google Earth."
The Australian government has decided that images of sensitive areas are not a risk, due to poor level of detail. It was reported that in the lead-up to the APEC forum in Sydney
held in September 2007 certain key locations in images of the city's central business district, where APEC leaders were meeting, might have been intentionally reduced in resolution; however, Google has indicated that the change was unrelated to APEC, while the NSW
police said that they knew nothing about the change in Google's images.
The government of Malaysia has stated that it will not ask Google to censor sensitive areas because that would identify the locations it deemed to be sensitive.
apart from a single marker for Pyongyang
, though when looking at satellite images, North Korea is shown fine. In contrast, OpenStreetMap
has substantial coverage of North Korea.
, Northern areas of Pakistan
(Mansehra
, Abbottabad
(partial) and Balakot
)
The above are but a few examples. Pixelization also occurs for bases like :zh:成功嶺.
Ile du Ramier, Toulouse
(Link), the location of the National Organization for Powder and Explosives (preparation of Phosgene for the aerospace industry and other form of explosive gas including Sulfur Mustard). The AZF
chemical factory is pixelated
, but Google Maps feature links to a detailed photo of the factory. Reims – Champagne Air Base.
A number of French military installations are pixelated, including the naval bases at Toulon
and Brest
. HWU transmitter
is shown in worse resolution.
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
, for example, has asked Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
to blur potential terror targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite imagery
Satellite imagery
Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made by means of artificial satellites.- History :The first images from space were taken on sub-orbital flights. The U.S-launched V-2 flight on October 24, 1946 took one image every 1.5 seconds...
.
In some cases, censorship of certain sites has been removed. When Google Maps
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free , that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API...
was launched, images of the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
and United States Capitol
United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
were blurred out; current versions of Google Maps and Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
show these sites uncensored, but with out-of-date imagery.
Countries in official contact with Google Maps
During talks with the IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n government, Google issued a statement saying "Google has been talking and will continue to talk to the Indian government about any security concerns it may have regarding Google Earth."
The Australian government has decided that images of sensitive areas are not a risk, due to poor level of detail. It was reported that in the lead-up to the APEC forum in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
held in September 2007 certain key locations in images of the city's central business district, where APEC leaders were meeting, might have been intentionally reduced in resolution; however, Google has indicated that the change was unrelated to APEC, while the NSW
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
police said that they knew nothing about the change in Google's images.
The government of Malaysia has stated that it will not ask Google to censor sensitive areas because that would identify the locations it deemed to be sensitive.
Iraq
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30°34′2"N 47°46′6"E | Shatt al Arab Hotel, Basra Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... |
Possibly censored due to security risks after Coalition Forces Multinational force in Iraq The Multi-National Force – Iraq was a military command, led by the United States, which was responsible for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Multi-National Force – Iraq replaced the previous force, Combined Joint Task Force 7, on 15 May 2004, and was later itself reorganized into its successor, United... seized insurgent documents which used maps to plan attacks. No longer censored. Babylon, listed as Babil, is blurred out. There is clear evidence of farming all around the city, yet the city itself is grayed out. |
http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=30.5700,47.7760&t=k |
Pakistan
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27°51′0"N 65°10′0"E | Predator Air Base | Unmanned Predators. Images from 2006 were removed. Images from 2007 have runway markings removed. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=27.855137,65.167637 |
North Korea
Google Maps shows nothing in North KoreaNorth Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
apart from a single marker for Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...
, though when looking at satellite images, North Korea is shown fine. In contrast, OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable GPS devices.The...
has substantial coverage of North Korea.
Tibet
Tibet (excluding LhasaLhasa
Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...
, Northern areas of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
(Mansehra
Mansehra
Mansehra city is located at in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is very near to Abbottabad city. It is a major stop for tourists on the Karakoram Highway which leads to China...
, Abbottabad
Abbottabad
Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...
(partial) and Balakot
Balakot
Balakot , is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake and later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims , a Saudi relief organization...
)
Japan
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24°17′21"N 153°58′41"E | Minami Torishima Minami Torishima or Marcus Island is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some SE of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between Tokyo and Wake Island, which is east southeast... Airport |
Easternmost territory in Japan. Runway oversaturated in white. Runway markings invisible. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.289223,153.97816 |
Taiwan
Rounded irregular areas overlayed with older imagery, etc.| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.206117°N 120.607181°W | Taichung | Older imagery of Cruise missile Cruise missile A cruise missile is a guided missile that carries an explosive payload and is propelled, usually by a jet engine, towards a land-based or sea-based target. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high accuracy... base overlays newer science park |
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.206117,120.607181&t=k&z=18 |
| 25.044976°N 121.60346°W | Nangang military reservation | Oval overlay | http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=25.044976,121.60346&z=15 |
| 24.207203°N 120.800278°W | Xinshe military reservations | Two military reservations, cut and pasted | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.207203,120.800278&t=k&z=15 |
| 24.15111°N 120.736259°W | Taiping military reservations | Military reservations, cut and pasted | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.15111,120.736259&t=k&z=16 |
| 24.18626°N 120.65074°W | Shuinan Airport (RCLG) | Airport, cut and pasted. (Note also traces of circular road to the west, that some have speculated to be traces of a furtive nuclear experiment.) | http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&ll=24.18626,120.65074&z=15 |
| 25.107496°N 121.535756°W | National Security Bereau Headquarters | Pixelization Pixelization Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=25.107496,121.535756&z=14 |
| 25.047352°N 121.591471°W | Military headquarters building in Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan | Pixelization Pixelization Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship... |
http://maps.google.com/?ll=25.047352,121.591471&t=h&z=18 |
The above are but a few examples. Pixelization also occurs for bases like :zh:成功嶺.
France
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44°8′36"N 4°42′34"E | Marcoule | The Marcoule Marcoule Marcoule Nuclear Site is a nuclear plant in the Chusclan and Codolet communes, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze in the Gard department of France, which is in the touristic, wine and agricultural Côtes-du-Rhône region... site of the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique The Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives or CEA, is a French “public establishment related to industrial and commercial activities” whose mission is to develop all applications of nuclear power, both civilian and military... is shown pixelated Pixelization Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship... . |
http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=44.143333,4.709444&t=k |
Ile du Ramier, Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
(Link), the location of the National Organization for Powder and Explosives (preparation of Phosgene for the aerospace industry and other form of explosive gas including Sulfur Mustard). The AZF
AZF
AZF was the name of a chemical factory near Toulouse, France, which exploded on 21 September 2001...
chemical factory is pixelated
Pixelization
Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship...
, but Google Maps feature links to a detailed photo of the factory. Reims – Champagne Air Base.
A number of French military installations are pixelated, including the naval bases at Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
and Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
. HWU transmitter
HWU transmitter
HWU transmitter is a French facility for transmitting orders to submerged submarines of the French Navy. HWU transmitter, situated near Rosnay at 46°42'47"N, 1°14'39"E, is one of the largest radio transmitters in France and is clearly visible on satellite pictures...
is shown in worse resolution.
Germany
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50°57′38"N 6°2′32"E | NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen is located near Geilenkirchen, Germany. It is the Main Operating Base of the NATO E-3A Component, one of two operational elements of the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force.- Location and history :... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=50.960751,6.042137&t=k | |
| 49°26′28"N 7°35′32"E | Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation... |
Runway heading markings not visible. | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=49.439613,7.601681&t=k |
Hungary
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47°20′17"N 18°49′58"E | Martonvasar Substation | 380 kV/220 kV-Substation | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=47.3381029,18.8328087&t=k |
| 47°41′31"N 19°09′44"E | God Substation | 380 kV/220 kV-Substation | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=47.6919444,19.1622222&t=k |
| 47°31′55"N 19°07′59"E | Zuglo Substation | 220 kV-Substation | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=47.5319513,19.1330552&t=k |
| 47°16′32"N 18°54′04"E | Százhalombatta Oil refinery | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=47.2757935,18.9012915&t=k |
Ireland
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53°02′16.69"N 7°17′10.72"W | Portlaoise Maximum Security Prison Portlaoise Prison Portlaoise Prison is the Republic of Ireland's only high security prison. It is located in Portlaoise, County Laois. It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium security prison situated directly beside it.... |
An old satellite image from 2005 is superimposed over newer images for the entire area of the prison. The prison houses convicted members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Provisional Irish Republican Army The Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a socialist republic within a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion... (IRA) and other illegal paramilitary organisations. The security features include an army detachment of the Irish Defence Forces Irish Defence Forces The armed forces of Ireland, known as the Defence Forces encompass the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Force.The current Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence forces is His Excellency Michael D Higgins in his role as President of Ireland... armed with assault rifles and anti-aircraft machine guns. An air exclusion zone operates over the entire complex. |
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.038336,-7.28500&t=k&z=16 |
The Netherlands
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50°56′16.85"N 5°58′45.89"E | Joint Force Command Brunssum | Images smudged on Google maps, images normal in Bing Maps. Marked as AFCENT on maps. | http://maps.google.com/maps?expIds=17259,24472,24536,25219,25901,26095&sugexp=ldymls&pq=50%C2%B056%2716.85%22N++5%C2%B058%2745.89%22E++site:maps.google.com&xhr=t&q=%2050%C2%B056%2716.85%22N%20%205%C2%B058%2745.89%22E%20%20&cp=30&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl |
| 51°26′54.21"N 03°36′17.60"E | Vlissingen, Oil tanks | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=15&ll=51.448391,3.604889&t=k | |
| 51°27′6.63"N 05°22′48.14"E | Eindhoven Airport Air Force Base | No longer censored 9/7/10. | http://maps.google.nl/maps?z=15&ll=51.451841,5.380039&t=k |
| 51°28′32.48"N 05°22′7.66"E | unknown - NW of Eindhoven Airport Air Force Base | http://maps.google.nl/maps?z=15&ll=51.47569,5.368795&t=k | |
| 51°33′06.45"N 04°56′5.56"E | Gilze-Rijen Air Base Gilze-Rijen Air Base Gilze-Rijen Air Base is a military airbase in the Netherlands located between the cities of Breda and Tilburg, in the Noord-Brabant province. It is mainly, but not exclusively used as a base for attack helicopters. The airfield has two runways, the longest, complete with instrument landing... |
Pixelization Pixelization Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=15&ll=51.56568,4.934878&t=h |
| 52°05′35.97"N 04°20′39.05"E | Huis ten Bosch Huis ten Bosch Huis ten Bosch is one of the three official residences of the Dutch Royal Family, located in The Hague in the Netherlands. It has been home to Queen Beatrix since 1981. The other Royal palace in The Hague, Noordeinde Palace, is used for work-related purposes... |
Residence of the Dutch Royal Family | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=18&ll=52.093324,4.344181&t=k |
| 52°05′41.95"N 05°8′21.38"E | centre of Utrecht Utrecht (city) Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features... |
Apparent mistake No longer censored 5/10/10 | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=52.094985,5.139273&t=k |
| 52°06′35.68"N 04°19′35.75"E | Nato C3 Agency | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=52.109912,4.326596&t=k | |
| 52°07′25.94"N 05°21′30.12"E | Personeelsvereniging Tankwerkplaats | good example of censoring | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=52.123872,5.358367&t=k |
| 52.078589°N 4.315985 °W | Department of Defense | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=18&ll=52.078589,4.315985&t=h | |
| 52°08′01.89"N 05°16′23.45"E | Kamp Zeist (Lockerbie Trials Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial began on 3 May 2000, 11 years, 4 months and 13 days after the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988... ) + Soesterberg Air Force Base |
No longer censored 9/7/10 | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=14&ll=52.133857,5.27318&t=h |
| 52°04′51.30"N 04°20′12.98"E | New American embassy location, under construction | No longer censored 9/7/10 | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=18&ll=52.080917,4.336939&t=h |
| 52°4′51.01"N 04°18′24.99"E | Paleis Noordeinde and Royal Stables | Work palace of the Dutch Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=52.080838,4.306941&t=k |
| 52°14′55.40"N 04°26′22.74"E | part of Noordwijk aan Zee | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=52.248594,4.439646&t=k | |
| 52°22′28.06"N 04°55′2.06"E | Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Navy The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands... base |
No longer censored 9/7/10 | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=52.37446,4.91724&t=k |
| 52°23′31.28"N 05°54′48.83"E | 't Harde (1), Army exercise area | No longer censored 9/7/10 | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=15&ll=52.392023,5.913563&t=k |
| 52°24′20.49"N 05°53′59.54"E | 't Harde (2), Army exercise area | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=15&ll=52.405692,5.899873&t=k | |
| 52°57′26.37"N 04°47′26.30"E | Den Helder, Naval installations | Pixelization Pixelization Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=15&ll=52.957325,4.79064&t=k |
| 52°16′29.38"N 06°53′38.11"E | Twente Air Force Base | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=14&ll=52.274828,6.893921&t=h | |
| 52°26′47.00"N 05°59′40.00"E | Prinses Margriet Army Base | http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.446123,5.995317&spn=0.019226,0.038624&t=h&z=15 | |
| 51°39′27.54"N 5°42′12.58"E | Volkel Air Force Base | http://maps.google.com/ | |
| 52°02′12.85"N 05°40′45.82"E | Command and Control Support | http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.036904,5.679395&spn=0.019226,0.038624&t=h&z=15 | |
| 52°38′24.6"N 06°43′44.50"E | Two sites on Dutch-German border. | No longer censored 9/7/10 | http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.640251,6.727881&spn=0.013047,0.029354&t=h&z=15 |
| 52.373254°N 4.891287°E | Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam | Royal Palace of Amsterdam | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.373254,4.891287&spn=0.001348,0.004128&vpsrc=6&ctz=360&t=h&z=19 |
Russia
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66°16′0"N 179°15′0"E | Possibly a Russian ICBM Complex, near town Egvekinot Egvekinot -Culture and sights:At the airport is a monument to the MI-8 helicopter, a common site in the air over Chukotka.There is a museum in the settlement which deals mainly with local history, people, and archeology, as well as a cultural centre, home to the Zalivskiye Napevy folk chorus, the Sone song... , Russia http://maptrot.com/mapView.jsp?mapId=7650ebe9-447c-4fcf-b62b-ce787ac987a1 |
There is a private 1.35 km north-south runway being concealed here according to Russianairbases.com. Also appears to have been modified on www.mcfly.org. Bing Maps displays a duplicate spliced image of an area to the southeast. |
http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=11&ll=66.266856,179.25087&t=k |
| 56°6′30"N 36°49′46"E | Millergof | A private palace of the Gazprom Gazprom Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow... CEO Alexey Miller. The aerial photos are available on Panoramio, Terraserver and Yandex Maps, while being censored in Yahoo Maps and Wikimapia Wikimapia WikiMapia is a privately owned, online map and satellite imaging resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system, allowing users to add information, in the form of a note, to any location on Earth. Users may currently use this information for free... (replaced by older imagery). |
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.108333,36.829444&spn=0.3,0.3&t=h&q=56.108333,36.829444 |
Slovakia
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48°41′55"N 18°32′0"E | Novaky Power Station, a huge power station with 300 metres tall chimney | Power station is pixeled in order to have worse resolution | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=11&ll=48.6986335,18.5330772&t=k |
| 48°15′44"N 18°27′12"E | Mochovce Nuclear Power Station | Areal of power station is pixeled | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=11&ll=48.2678728,18.4468389&t=k |
| 47°53′03"N 17°32′30"E | Possible site of switchyard of Gabcikovo Power Station | Fenced-in area of grass at whose edge a road and two powerlines end. May be the area of switchyard of Gabcicovo Power Station, which is disguised by a lawn. As road ends at edge on same level, it seems to be no underground facility. | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=11&ll=47.8841756,17.5415611&t=k |
Spain
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40.465201°N 3.733313°W | Area in Puerta de Hierro, Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
Regimiento Estratégico de Transmisiones número 22 (RETES22) "Strategic Signals Regiment number 22" http://www.google-earth.es/foros.php?t=4293 http://www.urbanity.es/foro/edificios-en-general-mad/18735-edificio-invisible-en-madrid.html Censored in 2009, clear in earlier imagery still visible in Google Earth. |
http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=madrid&sll=36.962615,-4.515295&sspn=0.012482,0.027595&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Madrid&ll=40.465201,-3.733313&spn=0.002971,0.006899&t=h&z=17 |
| 40.40706°N 3.78772°W | Area in Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón is a suburb of over 85,000 inhabitants near the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. It is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: la Casa de Campo, el Monte del Pardo and el Monte del Pilar... , Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
Mando de Transmisiones del Ejército "Army Command Signals"http://www.urbanity.es/foro/edificios-en-general-mad/18735-edificio-invisible-en-madrid.html http://www.panoramio.com/photo/870185 Censored in 2009, clear in earlier imagery still visible in Google Earth. |
http://maps.google.es/maps?ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=40.40706,-3.78772&z=16 |
| 37.658157°N 1.012094°W | Helipuerto de Cartagena Cartagena, Spain Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital... |
Cartagena Heliport | http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.658157,-1.012094&spn=0.010481,0.016565&t=k&z=16 |
| 36.747447°N 2.718279°W | El Ejido El Ejido -External links: - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía... |
On this lot there is a small building with something almost like a silo in the middle. This location is not blocked in yahoo maps. There is no image for this location in Virtual Earth yet | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=36.747447,-2.718279&t=k |
Sweden
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59.348117°N 17.962608°W | Mediatec Broadcast Sweden AB near Sundbyberg | "Mediatec is one of Europe’s largest corporations"...so there is bound to be more obscurations. Unclear why this is censored. Link to Binghttp://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=59.34811700697321~17.962608933448788&sty=a&lvl=18 Clear in Eniro.se, in Google Earth and Google Street View. |
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=59.347556,17.961702&spn=0,0.013754&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=59.347634,17.961633&panoid=0YEmErA-CAxnWyQjtUpjpg&cbp=12,70.08,,0,7.98 |
| 59.412126°N 17.834222°W | SAAB Technologies near Jakobsberg Jakobsberg Jakobsberg is a suburban area within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the 1940s, blocks of flats were built and the municipal council moved its offices... |
High Technology park - probably why it was ASKED to be obscured. Link to Binghttp://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=59.41212687489122~17.83422231674193&sty=a&lvl=16 Clear in Eniro.se, in Google Earth and Google Street View. | http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=stockholm&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.313287,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stockholm+County,+Stockholm,+Sweden&ll=59.410282,17.834029&spn=0,0.027509&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=59.410314,17.833816&panoid=45wteTz0KaZuq1fn-sxn4w&cbp=12,19.61,,0,-6.55 |
| 59.163661°N 17.682741°W | Hall High-security prison south of Sodertalje Södertälje Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.... |
Hall High-security prison. Link to Bing http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=59.16366113717969~17.682741880416873&sty=a&lvl=16 Clear in Eniro.se and in Google Earth. | http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=stockholm&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.313287,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stockholm+County,+Stockholm,+Sweden&ll=59.162996,17.681766&spn=0.010933,0.027509&t=h&z=15 |
| 59.303322°N 18.08616°W | Fortum Energy near the port of Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Unclear why this part of the facility is censored and to the south it isn't. Link to Binghttp://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=59.303322794559186~18.0861622095108&sty=a&lvl=17 Clear in Eniro.se, in Google Earth and Google Street View. | http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=stockholm&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.313287,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stockholm+County,+Stockholm,+Sweden&ll=59.302937,18.087316&spn=0,0.013754&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=59.302849,18.087401&panoid=vHLWORUzAYSKmof-4d6uqg&cbp=12,284.4,,0,-13.53 |
| 59.351631°N 18.102325°W | Fortum Energy - Power station near the port of Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Just some run-of-the-mill Power plant. Link to Binghttp://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=59.35163116004447~18.102325201034553&sty=a&lvl=16 Clear in Eniro.se, in Google Earth and Google Street View. | http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=sollentuna,+sweden&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sollentuna,+Stockholm,+Sweden&ll=59.352594,18.103377&spn=0.002718,0.010943&t=h&z=17 |
| 59.357701°N 18.094300°W | Fortum Energy - Gas Works north of the port of Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
Big facility that can be seen nearly everywhere in the high hills surrounding Stockholm. Link to Bing http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=59.35770144692292~18.09430003166198&sty=a&lvl=16 Clear in Eniro.se, in Google Earth and Google Street View. | http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Sundbyberg&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sundbyberg+Municipality,+Stockholm,+Sweden&gl=us&ll=59.358527,18.092723&spn=0.005085,0.021715&t=h&z=16 |
| 59.332046°N 17.855496°W | Försvarets Radioanstalt - West of Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... near Drottningholm Drottningholm Drottningholm, literally "Queen's Islet", is a locality situated in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, with 410 inhabitants in 2005.... |
Facility surrounded partially by woods. Censored in Bing. Replaced with badly edited overlay of woods in Eniro.se and Hitta.se. Clear in Google Maps. | http://maps.google.se/maps?q=59.332046,17.855496&sll=61.606396,21.225586&sspn=11.472385,29.882813&num=1&t=h&z=17 |
Portugal
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38.761178°N 27.08353°W | Lajes Field Lajes Field Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base , officially designated Air Base No. 4 , is a multi-use air field, home to the Portuguese Air Force Base Aérea Nº4 and Azores Air Zone Command , a United States Air Force detachment , and a regional air passenger terminal located near Lajes... |
"Portuguese Air Force Air Base nº 4. SAR base housing Aerospatiale SA330 Puma and C212 Aviocar aircraft for this purpose. The US Air Force 65th ABW is a detachment colocated here to support transient aircraft to the Middle East, Southwest Asia and Africa. Civilian terminal on west side of field approved for commercial traffic, refuelling and stopover operations." This may simply be cloud cover. | http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.761178,-27.08353&t=k&z=13 |
| 38.679429°N 9.321814°W | NATO Base Joint Command - Atlantic | NATO Headquarters in Oeiras near Lisbon. Very easy to tell cut and paste was used. | http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.679429,-9.321814&spn=0.004489,0.009356&t=h&z=17 |
| 38.664452°N 9.148028°W | Base Naval do Alfeite | Portuguese Navy Base, near Lisbon. Partial digital censorship. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.664452,-9.148028&t=h&z=16 |
| 38.708170°N 9.03416°W | Montijo Air Base | Used by Portuguese Air Force mainly for SAR and Transport purposes. AW101, C130 and C295 Base.See more info under Força Aérea Portuguesa. Planes were probably removed from the image. | http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.708170,-9.03416&t=k&z=13 |
| 38.55139°N 9.10211°W | Nato Fernão Ferro | Former Nato ammunition depot | http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.55139,-9.10211&t=k&z=13 |
| 38.5601°N 9.18314°W | Armada Fonte da Telha | "Navy Communications Center - Partially visible - Google's error ?" | http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.5601,-9.18314&t=k&z=13 |
| 38.7042°N 9.20677°W | Ministério da Defesa | Defense Ministry Offices Lisbon. False image in place 9/7/10 | http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.7042,-9.20677&t=k&z=13 |
United States
| Coordinates | Object | Comment | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40°11′22.16"N 112°55′33.70"W | Michael Aaf (Dugway Proving Ground) | Building blacked out, areas clearly retouched. | ||
| 37°58′47.19"N 84°25′7.97"W | Two houses blurred by missing data. Falsely reported as the home of actor William Hurt William Hurt William McGill Hurt is an American stage and film actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School, and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States , for which he received a Golden Globe nomination... . |
Visible on Bing Maps and Google Street View Google Street View Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=37.979775,-84.418881&t=k | |
| 38°53′51.61"N 77°02′11.58"WT | The White House White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical... and environs. |
Superimposed low resolution imagery from an earlier date in Google. Bing also has a highly pixelated and digitally modified image. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=38.89767,-77.03655 | |
| 38°53′22.99"N 77°0′01"WT | The United States Capitol United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall... and environs. |
Superimposed low resolution imagery from an earlier date in Google. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=38.889722,-77.000089 | |
| 38°55′16.64"N 77°04′01"W | Number One Observatory Circle Number One Observatory Circle Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the Vice President of the United States.Located on the northeast grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, the house was built in 1893 for its superintendent. The Chief of Naval Operations liked the house so much... , official residence of the Vice President of the United States Vice President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term... |
Superimposed low resolution imagery from an earlier date in Google. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=38.921289,-77.066925&t=k | |
| 39°27′24.7"N 76°09′13.7"W | Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland, . Part of the facility is a census-designated place , which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census.- History :... |
Lower resolution than surrounding areas, with irregular boundaries. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=15&ll=39.456872,-76.153793&t=k | |
| 39°29′50.31"N 74°22′36.63"W | Section of Great Bay Great Bay (New Jersey) Great Bay is located in southern New Jersey's Atlantic Coastal Plain in Ocean and Atlantic Counties, about ten miles north of Atlantic City and 87 mi south of New York City. The Mullica River flows into the bay, and together they form the Mullica River - Great Bay estuary habitat. The bay is... , near New Jersey. |
Visible on Bing Maps and Map24 - Visible on Google Earth . | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=14&ll=39.496888,-74.375982&t=k | |
| 40°52′4.20"N 72°52′25.28"W | Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory , is a United States national laboratory located in Upton, New York on Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base... - Upton, New York Upton, New York Upton, New York is a hamlet on Long Island in the town of Brookhaven. It is the home of Brookhaven National Laboratory, and a National Weather Service station.Upton is located in Suffolk County, New York in the USA.... |
Blurred on Google maps | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=13&ll=40.867834,-72.873688&t=k | |
| 40°54′58.42"N 73°07′24.98"W | Stony Brook University | Visible on Bing Maps on both aerial and bird's eye view with high resolution. Blurred on Google. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=40.916229,-73.123605&t=k | |
| 41°10′43.30"N 72°12′23.99"W | Plum Island Animal Disease Center Plum Island Animal Disease Center Plum Island Animal Disease Center is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. It is part of the DHS Directorate for Science and Technology.... |
Blurred on Google. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=41.178694,-72.206665&t=k | |
| 40°57′39.86"N 72°51′52.83"W | Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant was a completed General Electric nuclear boiling water reactor located adjacent to the Wading River in East Shoreham, New York... , Wading River Wading River, New York Wading River is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, USA, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 7,719.... , New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
Decommissioned | http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=40.961072,-72.864676&spn=0.009706,0.019956&t=k&om=1 | |
| 41°21′22.48"N 74°03′13.63"W | United States Military Academy United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City... Camp Buckner Summer Installation |
Heavily blurred | http://maps.google.com/maps?&z=17&ll=41.356244,-74.053785&t=k | |
| 41°45′08.33"N 70°32′16.49"W | Cape Cod Air Force Station Cape Cod Air Force Station Cape Cod Air Force Station is a US Air Force station located in the northwest corner of the Massachusetts Military Reservation, USA, on Flatrock Hill... - PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:... radar, Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... |
Very low resolution | http://maps.google.com/?z=16&ll=41.752313,-70.537913&t=k | |
| 41°56′39.53"N 70°34′40.09"W | Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station is currently the only nuclear power plant operating in the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is located in the Manomet section of Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, south of the tip of Rocky Point and north of Priscilla Beach... , Plymouth, Massachusetts |
Pixelated | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=41.944314,-70.577803&t=h | |
| 42°06′53.032"N 76°49′44.638"W | Elmira Correctional Facility Elmira Correctional Facility Elmira Correctional Facility, known otherwise as "the Hill", is a maximum security prison located in New York in the USA. The prison is located in Chemung County, New York in the City of Elmira... (maximum security prison), Elmira, New York Elmira, New York Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=42.114731,-76.829066&t=k | ||
| 42°23′24.69"N 71°03′34.84"W | Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. It is the smallest city in Massachusetts in land area, and the 26th most densely populated incorporated place in the country.-History:... - Large portion of an industrial port area in Boston. |
Pixelated | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=42.390192,-71.059678&t=h | |
| 42°49′29.24"N 73°52′11.88"W | Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory is a research and development facility dedicated to the support of the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. KAPL is a government-owned, contractor operated laboratory run by Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation for the United States Department of Energy. KAPL is... and General Electric World Research Laboratories, Schenectady, New York Schenectady, New York Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 66,135... |
Available in high resolution at Bing Maps; dam on Mohawk River slightly downstream also blurred in Google Maps. | http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&ll=42.82479,-73.869967&t=k | |
| 42°53′54.07"N 70°51′08.14"W | Seabrook Nuclear Power Station - Seabrook, New Hampshire Seabrook, New Hampshire Seabrook is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,693 at the 2010 census. Located at the southern end of the coast of New Hampshire on the border with Massachusetts, Seabrook is noted as the location of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, the third-most... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=42.898352,-70.852268&t=k | ||
| 42°56′4.69"N 78°43′59.98"W | Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport is an airport located in Cheektowaga CDP, Town of Cheektowaga, in Erie County, New York, USA. It is named after the Buffalo – Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The airport serves Buffalo, New York as well as Southern Ontario, Canada... - Erie County, New York Erie County, New York Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie... |
Blurred on Google maps | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.940556,-78.732222&spn=0.03,0.03&t=m&q=42.940556,-78.732222 | |
| 43°06′49.45"N 76°06′41.05"W | Syracuse Hancock International Airport Syracuse Hancock International Airport Syracuse Hancock International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located northeast of Syracuse, in Onondaga County, New York, off of Interstate 81 near Mattydale, New York. The main terminal complex is located at the eastern end of Colonel Eileen Collins Boulevard.-History:In 1927... - Syracuse, New York Syracuse, New York Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603... |
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=17&ll=43.113735,-76.111404&t=k | ||
| 34°47′38.52"N 82°53′44.69"W | Oconee Nuclear Station Oconee Nuclear Station The Oconee Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Keowee near Seneca, South Carolina, and has an energy output capacity of over 2,500 megawatts. It is the second nuclear power plant in the United States to have its operating license extended for an additional twenty years by... , Oconee County, South Carolina |
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=duke+power,+salem,+sc&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=34.793647,-82.893476&spn=0.024212,0.040169&t=k&om=1&iwloc=D | ||
| 43°08′32"N 79°02′21"W | Hydroelectric dams and supporting waterways near Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 50,193, down from the 55,593 recorded in the 2000 census. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario , both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they... and Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903... |
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| 43°7′8.5"N 77°40′43.49"W | Greater Rochester International Airport - Rochester, New York Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City... |
Blurred on Google maps | http://maps.google.com/?sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.29802,71.015625&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=43.114894,-77.664735&spn=0.007487,0.017338&t=k&om=1 | |
| General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States... Main Plant - Schenectady, New York Schenectady, New York Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 66,135... |
Lat/Long "42.80977, -73.95776" | http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=schenectady,+ny&ie=UTF8&ll=42.809696,-73.954039&spn=0.010484,0.017681&t=h&z=16&om=1 | ||
| 42°9′36"N 76°53′30"W | Elmira-Corning Regional Airport, Big Flats, New York Big Flats, New York Big Flats, New York may refer to:* Big Flats , New York in Chemung County* Big Flats , New York, a Census-Designated Place within the Town of Big Flats... |
Facility blurred and retouched in Google, but not Bing Maps | http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=horseheads,+ny&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=42.161972,-76.894383&spn=0.008366,0.016565&z=16&iwloc=addr | |
| 42°26′32.69"N 76°28′26.04"W | Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... Combined Heat and Power Plant in Ithaca, New York Ithaca, New York The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area... |
Facility blurred in Google, but not Bing Maps | http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=Cornell%20University&ie=UTF8&ll=42.442786,-76.473695&spn=0.003381,0.009216&z=17 | |
| 42°51′46.71"N 78°49′48.83"W | Mobil Oil Corporation ExxonMobil Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas... blurred near Buffalo River in Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the... |
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| 42°43′06"N 73°42′31"W | Watervliet Arsenal Watervliet Arsenal The Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army, as well as gun tubes for cannons, mortars,... /Benet Laboratories Benet Laboratories Benét Laboratories, part of the United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, is the US Army's primary design, development, engineering and production & field support facility for large caliber armament systems, including Cannons, mortars, and recoilless rifles... in Watervliet, New York Watervliet, New York Watervliet is a city in Albany County in the US state of New York. The population was 10,254 as of the 2010 census. Watervliet is north of Albany, the capital of the state, and is bordered on the north, west, and south by the town of Colonie. The city is also known as "the Arsenal City".- History... |
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| 34°48′00"N 82°53′12"W | Keowee Dam on Lake Keowee Lake Keowee Lake Keowee is a man–made reservoir in the United States in the state of South Carolina shaped somewhat like a Christmas tree. It is notable for having been created to serve the needs of a power utility called the Duke Energy company as well as public recreational purposes... , South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... |
Facility blurred on Google Maps. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.8,-82.886667 | |
| 34°57′36"N 82°55′10"W | Dam and hydroelectric facility on Lake Jocassee Lake Jocassee Lake Jocassee is a , deep reservoir located in northwest South Carolina created by the state in partnership with Duke Power in 1973. The lake is commonly known for the clean and cold Appalachian mountain rivers that feed the lake to keep its waters cool and clear water visibilities year-round. ... , South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... |
Facility blurred on Google Maps. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.587387,-81.258166 | |
| 40°55′22.1"N 73°20′34"W | Natural gas and conventional oil electric power generating station. | Facility blurred on Google Maps. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.922806,-73.342778 | |
| 35°35′13.84"N 81°15′29.89"W | Near Apple Data Center 6047 Startown Rd Newton, NC 28658 | Mosaic of area at different times. | http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.587387,-81.258166 | |
| 42.491176, -79.346942 | Niagara Mohawk (NRG) Powerplant; Dunkirk, New York | Blurred out facility, and surrounding area. | http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.491176,-79.346942&hl=en&t=h&z=16 | |
| 36.202659,-120.103569 | Lemoore Naval Air Station; Lemoore, California | Pixelated as well as surrounding area on both Google, Bing Maps, and MapQuest. | http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.204391,-120.036278 | |
| 41°46′34.14"N 70°32′36.1278"W | Sagamore Bridge Sagamore Bridge The Sagamore Bridge in Sagamore, Massachusetts carries U.S. Route 6 across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts, USA.... , Sagamore, Massachusetts |
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External links
- Map of Blurred Places
- Verboden plekken in Nederland A list in Dutch of 54 blurred locations in the Netherlands under the heading "Onherkenbaar"