Sweden is upset that they’re visible from space  A few weeks
ago, we showed you how France had tried to hide the location of
a nuclear plant, after that plant made news after a minor
explosion. We showed you how it was hidden in Google Earth by
their imagery provider, but was clearly visible by using
historical imagery. A similar situation has just come up in
Sweden. Stefan at Ogle Earth has written a great summary of the
story, but it goes something like this: • Some of their
“military secrets” are visible on Google Earth, but not on their
local mapping sites (Hitta.se and Eniro.se). • Google uses
imagery from Lantmäteriet to cover parts of the country, and
Lantmäteriet sensors some sensitive areas. • There are two main
underground control centers for Sweden’s air force; one is
visible in Google Earth, the other isn’t. • The one that is
visible is because Google is using imagery from DigitalGlobe for
that part of the country, and they’re not censoring it. Stefan
goes on to point out something even more inter