The Taiwanese government has asked Apple to blur some of the images in its Apple Maps mapping service.
The images are of the Hsinchu airbase, where the military recently added a new radar defense system. The station will help the country detect if any missiles are fired from nearby nations, most notably China.
Legally, no one can force Apple to change the images (sensitive area or ... [ read the full article ]
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Is the Taiwanese government really this stupid? I would suspect China, who would be the main threat, easily has satellites which already do mapping, or high altitude planes as well, that will produce much better detail and resolution than what crapple would ever be able to provide...
Also thinking about this request by the Taiwanese, did they have there head in the sand, map's maps suck? I would think the Taiwanese would want China to use crapple's maps. OK I get it, I'm slow, this is counter intelligence :)
Originally posted by SomeBozo: Is the Taiwanese government really this stupid? I would suspect China, who would be the main threat, easily has satellites which already do mapping, or high altitude planes as well, that will produce much better detail and resolution than what crapple would ever be able to provide...
Also thinking about this request by the Taiwanese, did they have there head in the sand, map's maps suck? I would think the Taiwanese would want China to use crapple's maps. OK I get it, I'm slow, this is counter intelligence :)
Am i missing something here?
LOL. I was thinking the same thing, how's blurring the image going to help? It's pretty much like sticking the head in the sand :P
Oh wait, maybe it's just publicity stunt? It's telling China hey the radar is here, but it's actually somewhere else?
