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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/google.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/google.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c96c8ec --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/google.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<img height="122" src="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/new_new_orleans.jpg" width="207" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 5px 5px" />Prompted by public outcry over Google Earth's recent imagery update, Google has rushed out yet another image update providing new, improved, high-resolution imagery of New Orleans in its post-Katrina state. + +Over the weekend Google replaced its satellite images of New Orleans with pre-Katrina images causing some, including a U.S. senator (PDF), to cry "conspiracy" and accuse Google of trying to rewrite history. + +However, a post this morning on the Google Blog claims that the [updated images were the result of a resolution upgrade][3] and not part of some larger attempt to bury evidence of Katrina. + +John Hanke, on of the Product Directors for Google Earth, writes of the Katrina images: + +We continued to make available the Katrina imagery, and associated overlays such as damage assessments and Red Cross shelters, on a [dedicated site][1]. Our goal throughout has been to produce a global earth database of the best quality -- accounting for timeliness, resolution, cloud cover, light conditions, and color balancing. + +Hanke goes on to say that Google was surprised at the reaction to the updated images, but has, as a result, "expedited the processing of recent (2006) aerial photography for the Gulf Coast area" and released another update late Sunday evening. + +The new update restores the post Katrina imagery in higher resolution, a change the Google says it was planning on making anyway, but thanks to internet outcry you can now have your high resolution images and your Katrina damage. + +Check out 27B Stroke 6 for [more coverage on the initial image change][2]. + +[1]: earth.google.com/katrina.html "dedicated Katrina images" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/04/google_rebuilds.html "Google Rebuilds New Orleans Overnight" +[3]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-new-orleans-imagery-in-google.html "About the New Orleans imagery in Google Maps and Earth"
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