Why is Antarctica not visible on Google Maps?

Because of the map scale problem and because there aren’t many permanent features to map near the poles, Google Maps doesn’t show anything beyond 85 degrees (the poles are at 90 degrees). You can go to Antarctica anytime you like.

Why is Babylon blurred on Google Maps?

The city of Babylon is one of the biggest and most rich with history in Iraq. So why did Google decide to blur the images on Google Earth? The vast history behind the city makes it stand out as one of the greatest cities in Iraq and many find it to be disrespectful that Google Earth would blur out such a city.

Can you blur your house on Google Earth?

The good news is that Google will blur your home from Street View for you, you just need to ask. After Google processes the report, they’ll email you to let you know that changes have been made. You may need to report each view where your house appears in order to get each angle blurred properly.

Why is Google Maps blurry in India?

A Times of India report on Sunday said Google has agreed to blur or distort the installations instead of blacking them out so as not to draw attention to their locations. It’s not the first time a government has asked Google to blur images because of security concerns.

Can you visit the Amityville house?

After the book and film were released, many people tried to visit and get into the house. Though you can’t visit the house, you can certainly head to Ocean Avenue in Amityville to identify the waterfront home and perhaps snap a few photos or look for ghosts in the window. Just be sure not to disturb the neighbors.

What does it mean if a house is blurred out on Google Maps?

While zooming through the streets on Google Maps, you will have noticed that faces are blurred out. This practice protects privacy, which is exactly why some houses are blurred, too.

Why is there a hole on the North Pole in Google Earth?

The entire globe in Google Earth is rendered as a massive sphere with textures wrapping around it. If you go to the North Pole (assummimg they haven’t also covered this up since I looked at it), a side effect of the way the sphere is built has caused an infinitely deep hole on the pole of the sphere.

Why is Greenland blurred out on Google Earth?

Artic circle: while it’s a draw for explorers some parts of Greenland are blurred out on Google Earth. The 1968 Thule Air Base crash was one of the most shocking in history and was probably one of the most contaminated.

Why are there no Reticulan countries on the globe map?

The fourth reason is because Antarctica is the closest land mass to the The Reticulan Empire dominated, warm water continent to the south, obviously omitted from the globe map. Note the land mass on the far right. If we were ever officially invaded from Reticulan/Zetan aliens, it will come from the direction of Antarctica.

Why does Google Earth have slivers around the Earth?

Google Earth does this so that it can maintain something like a Transverse Mercator (TM) projection for the bulk of the Earth. TM runs into problems as you get near to the poles, because it sits between meridians. So the imagery ends up as minute slivers. The Universal Transverse Mercator projection has 6° longitude wide zones around the Earth.