• Google Earth Admits Goof-up on Arunachal

    Google Earth Admits Goof-up on Arunachal

    Techtree News Staff, Aug 10, 2009 1801 hrs IST

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Google has admitted that it committed a mistake by wrongly depicting certain parts of north-east India's Arunachal Pradesh as Chinese territory, and promised to correct the maps soon.



According to a statement by a Google spokesperson, "Earlier this week, as part of routine update to Google Earth, we published new data for the Arunachal Pradesh region that changed the depiction of certain place names in the product. The change was a result of a mistake in our processing of new map data."



There was speculation in media circles that Chinese hackers had attacked Google Earth which led to the wrong depiction of Indian territory as Chinese in the maps on google Earth. "We would like to clarify that this issue did not impact our depiction of international borders," the Google spokesperson said.

Google Earth is a service offered by Google that lets users to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings.


 


Google Earth had earlier been in the center of another controversy when Indian security agencies had complained that Google Earth exposed Indian defense and other sensitive installations.


 


Source: CXOtoday.com

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(20) Comments
L.P. SINGH
,New Delhi, on Aug 14, 2009 08:59 PM
Google must correct Map of India by showing whole J & K and Arunachal Pradesh as soveriegn parts of India.
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mohamed ahmed 3
,mini elkam7a, on Aug 14, 2009 11:26 AM
hiiiiiiiiii Google Earth
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brain
,bangalore, on Aug 11, 2009 08:53 PM
lucky you accepted the fault.. otherwise we would have terminated you..
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Raj
,Earth, on Aug 11, 2009 06:06 PM
you guys are going nuts, Google is a free service you are getting everyday. incase there is some mistake in a product they are correcting it, why to make it a BIG ISSUE. so ppl get your life, if you guys need help google "I Need Some Help" and Press I'm Lucky. LoL
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sumit
,bangalore, on Aug 11, 2009 05:30 PM
Why do India require Google to Admit its mistake? Who is google? We should directly take actions against such reckless acts.
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apsar
,nandyal, on Aug 11, 2009 05:08 PM
i have very happy to this map
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anjal
,jorhat, on Aug 11, 2009 04:10 PM
why ggogle is not serious about this things
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Roy
,Delhi, on Aug 10, 2009 06:44 PM
why Indian govt are not banning google earh or map..
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Qdalz
,Mumbai, on Aug 11, 2009 03:07 PM
Probably Google is paying them Too :P
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shamba
,mapusa, on Aug 11, 2009 02:37 PM
Google should also show American map wrongly...why every time they make mistake while showing map of India
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Avinash
,Mumbai, on Aug 11, 2009 02:26 PM
Thank god Still they accept It is there Mistake.. better than Our double face Plotics
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Sashi Singh
,Mumbai, on Aug 11, 2009 11:56 AM
Just ban Google in India and they would fall in line. Because we are liberal and easy people these American companies are taking us for a ride
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Rajendra Prasad
,Dehradun, on Aug 11, 2009 01:22 PM
Yes. any one who does not respect sovereignty and geographical integrity has no reason to do any type of business in India.
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Avi B
,Pune, on Aug 11, 2009 01:17 PM
they have corrected the names but the dotted border still remains..
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Nel
,BLR, on Aug 11, 2009 12:17 PM
YES! now the entire Jammu and Kashmir along with Arunachal have become disputed territories. See the red lines in G Earth.
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Arpit
,Delhi, on Aug 11, 2009 11:27 AM
Indians stop using google. They will themselves know, how big is our land India.
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karthikeyan
,salem, on Aug 11, 2009 08:35 AM
Google must verify the data before altering the map in the net. since it will give a wrong information to the users.
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Paula Ika
,kolomotu'a, on Aug 11, 2009 06:18 AM
this is fun
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rajesh
,Tezu, on Aug 11, 2009 02:01 AM
Thanks Gopgle for correcting Arunachal Pradesh as part of India
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chand
,anand, on Aug 11, 2009 01:45 AM
i think now a days google is taking bribe for its geography department,
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