by Matthew Emmett Townsend
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August 4, 2006

WHay is Google blocking information about Georgia? The country... not the state...

August 21, 2008 12:46 AM EDT (Updated: August 21, 2008 12:47 AM EDT)
views: 172 | rating: 8.7/10 (7 votes) | comments: 13
It very well may not be sinister, it may be to not give free imagery to the russans, and if so I agree... for instance Click here this is a link of the maping of georgia area, no roads and no city names....  or Click here this is link to the satalite image of the same area... and in this I have zoomed in when I was looking and I see no tanks, so I suspect this is old imagery not recent... again to protect I hope Georgians...

Interesting either way...

Emmett

Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Georgia, their children... their home... their freedom...
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Comments: 13 ( 2 removed by Matthew Emmett Townsend )

Marsha S. Aug 21, 2008, 12:49am EDT
You are probably correct in your thoughts as to why
Connie C. Aug 21, 2008, 12:52am EDT
Wow I did not even know they were. That is strange.
~*~ tinksmagic ~*~ ~ Aug 21, 2008, 1:24am EDT
No one should edit internet content, whether you're a search engine or provider, US or otherwise. Everything should be open to the world. (Like when they block what happens in Iraq...)
Carol Roach Aug 21, 2008, 2:11am EDT
bonnie many stories are not released or edited on the internet big companies do it all the time.
Donald H. Aug 21, 2008, 7:43am EDT
I have had no problem accessing info about Georgia on the net either from Google or any other search engine. I am doing it daily with absolutely no difficulty.
Bob B. Aug 21, 2008, 8:44am EDT
They are in my prayers Emmett.
Chris E. Aug 21, 2008, 8:57am EDT
Hmm interesting
Alex In Wonderland Aug 21, 2008, 9:00am EDT
I use Google Earth and it hasn't updated some areas in years. The lot behind my boyfriend's grandparents' house is shown as being empty and ready for construction. Years ago they built houses there.
Google is definately not perfect.
Pamela O. Aug 21, 2008, 10:47am EDT
Interesting!
Andrea (Ms. Conservative) L. Aug 21, 2008, 12:18pm EDT
Hmmm, didn't know about that. But I am praying for the people in Georgia.
Glome . . . Aug 29, 2008, 12:43am EDT
I will pray for Georgia. It caught me so off guard. Russia is frightening.
I've been thinking whether or not Google is wrong to conform to the laws required of them by certain countries. At first I was against them. I know the are quite liberal and I am of a conservative persuasion. But lately ... I'm thinking it isn't their responsibility or right to try to meddle or make demands. I may change my mind tomorrow. I'm on the fence.
Tailgunner Tiedemann Sep 21, 2008, 4:54pm EDT
Donald H.,
I think he is refering to the imagery from Google Earth, not the prose stuff.
All
I just got off the Google Earth images, and he is correct, the roads are not labled, few city names... what I was surprised to see was that the YouTube locations are there, and link to the pictures/videos submitted from that region. MOST interesting!
rudi seiberlich Sep 27, 2008, 4:39am EDT
Try to look at Belarus, the same thing there.....but why ? aren´t we not all equal in our world? To me it looks like private Google censurship. allot of people in the US buy from IKEA and many of this furniture comes from Belarus. We should instead help those people locked into a country of dictatorship instead of ignoring them by wiping them out from a map.

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