Re: Xinhua: Google Earth Capable of Locating State Secret Agencies

Dioneae muscipula wrote:
> On August 5, 2005, Xinhua News Agency covered the new feature of Google
> by showing certain satellite imaging of major cities, including
> Beijing.
>
> Unfortunately it also shows some buildings in Beijing which might be
> considered PRC state secret.
>

They should put a big sign on top of these buildings:  This is not a
state secret building.  There is no state secrets hidden in this
building.



> Read the (Chinese) article in
> http://news.xinhuanet.com/ec/2005-08/05/content_3313740.htm
>
> An outline of the article:
> * The satellite images provided by Google Earth project
>   shows a resolution of 1 meter -- in other words, an 1x1
>   meter object in Beijing will show as a pixel in the
>   image.
> * Official Li said he was deeply shocked that Chinese
>   Geography Information Center does not have the
>   capability for this kind of global data.
> * A professor Tang commented that the maps provided by
>   Google Earth can easily show some hidden facilities
>   and military targets.
> * Another official Kong commented, "satellite images were
>   excluded already in secrecy classification in China.
>   ......  We cannot restrict satellite images outside
>   China to be put on the web, but Chinese domestic
>   companies will definitely apply certain technical
>   processing regarding state secrets."