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The government of India has rejected Google’s plans to put Indian cities, tourist spots, hills and rivers (basically the complete topography) in an application where one can explore 360-degree, panoramic street-level imagery.
In a clear message, the Home Ministry has conveyed to Google that its plans to cover India through the Google Street View stands rejected.
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The India security establishment had already got worried as Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley claimed to have done a photographic reconnaissance prior to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Allowing such image-capturing could ease things for terrorists.
NDTV reported that according to it’s official sources, the rejection has come after a detailed analysis by security agencies and defense forces, which feel that allowing Google to capture such images would compromise the country’s security interest.
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Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, said that once the proposed Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016 comes into force, issues related to internet-based applications would be resolved, reported NDTV.
Google Street View is being extensively used in the United States, Canada, and many European countries and its applications in India was initially permitted for a few locations when Google, on an experimental basis, launched Street View in some of the tourist sites like Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Varanasi river bank, Nalanda University, Mysore Palace, Thanjavur temple, and Chinnaswamy Stadium besides others locations in partnership with the Archaeological Society of India.
Launched in 2007, Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from positions along many streets in the world and is expanding to include cities and rural areas worldwide.
Blue lines on Google Maps Streets are available with View imagery that displays panoramas of stitched images. As per Google, most photography is done by car, but some is done by trekkers while on tricycles, while walking, boating, snowmobiling, camel riding, and even being underwater.
The article first published on www.lafdatv.com.
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