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6/21/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1532-6/21/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
India rejects Google Street View plan over security concerns
No street view? Indeed, there isn’t any in India’s google map. Is that because mighty Google hasn’t done the job yet? Actually, they are eager to do it but the permission was not granted by the government due to security concerns. Does that mean the countries where there is no Google street view unsafe or is there any other reason such as privacy or economy that blocks Google’s services?
In fact, you might be surprised to find the fact that there is no street view in Google map in China, Egypt, Myanmar or Venezuela, while their comparative countries like Russia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Columbia are all covered.
So what are the rationales to be or not to be? Don’t they want to invite more foreign tourists and investment? Is the risk of showing street view so different by country?
Enjoy reading and thinking what makes the government say yes or no to street view.

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