A dam located about 100 km NE of Lhasa, known as the Zhikhong Dam, is appearing mysteriously vague in Google Earth (GE). GE shows the surrounding area including the large reservoir in high resolution but the image of the dam is in low-resolution. It is possible to see strips of old images between new images in GE but in this case the images fit the end of the reservoir exactly, and the boundary between the two images is curved, which is unusual.
A jpg image of the region taken from GE is posted here (below). I don't know how to upload kmz files or links that will take readers directly into Google Earth. So readers interested in looking up more closely should use the coordinates at the bottom of the image. Going up closer to the location in GE is much more convincing than the jpg photo shared here.
I mentioned this observation to a friend and colleague from Green College, who used to work for Google Maps, the amazing Ducky. She checked the images and found them suspicious. Upon her advice, we decided to alert Google Earth about this and to see their response.
What do you think is going on here? Is Google Earth covering up for China? Or is someone supplying GE with doctored images? Or may be someone in Google Earth is working against company policies?
Did you know that a giant alian bug was found in a part of Germany in GE?
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A jpg image of the region taken from GE is posted here (below). I don't know how to upload kmz files or links that will take readers directly into Google Earth. So readers interested in looking up more closely should use the coordinates at the bottom of the image. Going up closer to the location in GE is much more convincing than the jpg photo shared here.
I mentioned this observation to a friend and colleague from Green College, who used to work for Google Maps, the amazing Ducky. She checked the images and found them suspicious. Upon her advice, we decided to alert Google Earth about this and to see their response.
What do you think is going on here? Is Google Earth covering up for China? Or is someone supplying GE with doctored images? Or may be someone in Google Earth is working against company policies?
Did you know that a giant alian bug was found in a part of Germany in GE?
