It already exists for Mars and Moon, currently available only through browser.SaiK wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/1 ... index.html
not a bad idea.. google earth, will go other planets as well.. google moon and the mars may be the next one.. of course no defence or strategic implications of eartheans i guess.
I think we must NOT give the corrdinates of sites of strategic importance to our country. True they are available quite easliy but we should not hand them on a plattar to those whose interest are against us.nikhil_p wrote:The right co-ords for Bikaner are
28° 4'1.58"N 73°12'15.92"E
Kersi, just look around there are websites that actually list the co-ords of every airbase, not only Ours but almost every airforce. All you need to do is a google search. Not to difficult ...is it.Kersi D wrote:I think we must NOT give the corrdinates of sites of strategic importance to our country. True they are available quite easliy but we should not hand them on a plattar to those whose interest are against us.nikhil_p wrote:The right co-ords for Bikaner are
28° 4'1.58"N 73°12'15.92"E
Maybe the Admins must remove the details from such posts
Yes there is plenty of data available on net. But we should not make it easy for the undesirable elements by having data in one post / forum. As is it the details available about the air bases, form GE, sems to be mind boogling to me. These are just my views.nikhil_p wrote:Kersi, just look around there are websites that actually list the co-ords of every airbase, not only Ours but almost every airforce. All you need to do is a google search. Not to difficult ...is it.Kersi D wrote: I think we must NOT give the corrdinates of sites of strategic importance to our country. True they are available quite easliy but we should not hand them on a plattar to those whose interest are against us.
Maybe the Admins must remove the details from such posts
More over i think, rather thought the thread was meant for that, If not then please delete my posts, rather i think the whole thread itself is wrong to have. Admins please delete the whole thread, Big threat, not only airbases but also CIties (which can be prime targets for Missile attacks etc) are listed. Please delete them. Also lets form a group with lawyers etc across the world and petition the judiciaries of various countries to block Google earth, Wikimapia etc....
It will be idiotic to think they have not used Google maps to hit American soilders. He hee... Indian opposition to Google making maps of sensitive Indian installations available in high resolution on free Google Maps.
President APJ Abdul Kalam's concerns over Google Earth providing detailed and unhindered view of ‘sensitive' Indian establishments have been addressed, courtesy a formula which allows users uninterrupted access to the ‘eye in the sky' while camouflaging key installations.
Fuzzy, low resolution pictures and distorted building plans is how the government and Google Earth have agreed to get around concerns that images of sensitive military and scientific establishments available on the Web could either allow unauthorised snooping or become a ready reckoner for terrorists.
At a recent meeting between ministry of science and technology officials and Google Earth representatives, it was decided that installations identified by government would be carefully camouflaged. This, it was felt, was better than an outright blackout. Apart from well-known sites like BARC, there are many less prominent ones, and blacking them out would only attract attention to their locations.
Images of these locations will not be of more than 25-50 metre resolution, more like the older generation pictures provided by Indian Remote Sensing satellites. Official sources said Google Earth would distort building plans by adding structures where none existed or masking certain aspects of a facility. This could be done without attracting attention to such establishments, which range from laboratories, mines, military sites, space and atomic centres and residences of high-profile VVIPs.
and blacking them out would only attract attention to their locations.
With the same coordinates try to be at Eye alt 1760 not far but just on your left , a normal person can see some round structures , two are concrete structures and I am not sure about other 3 structures but they are with green round flat top. So I was asking are they missile silos? If more specific 14 47'37.08"N 74 08'01.41"E Eye alt 1760 (Not so far with above coordinates I guess?)SSSalvi wrote:Jungle ma mangal, motabhai? Buildings and forests ... where is the border?Ankit Desai wrote:14 47'39.43"N 74 08'09.88"E Silo?!?!
Good find .. Ahmdabadi
perhaps by using both tactics. Giving them a large number of false sites to be camoflaged. and not revealing all of the important placesRonyKJ wrote: Scenario 1: If GoI does not protest about high res pics being made available by Google earth, then any sensitive sites any where in India will be publicly visible and interested people can find them.
Scenario 2: If GoI wants these hitherto unknown sites camoflaged, then it has to reveal to Google Earth where these sites are. So if there are underground missile silos, their broad location would have to be revealed to Google Earth.
The question is: How confidential is Google's info. Can Google deny such info to the US govt ? I doubt it. So either way we lose. I would choose the first option. At least they have to work hard to find the sites. By asking google to camoflage a specific area, we are making Unkil's work easier.
