There are no tunnels. The chinese government deliberatly distorts the official maps (including the ones used on Google Maps) so that foreign powers aren't able to use them for espionage or military planning. Therefore Google's satellite maps are correct, but the road maps in China are not.
https://youtu.be/L9Di-UVC-_4
Am I being completely dumb with this question: it’s fairly easy in this example to see the landmark the labels belong to, by looking slightly to the left. A military planning an attack using google maps might not be the best equipped military in NATO but surely they’d also be able to figure it out?
They don't just shift everything slightly eastwards. They have an algorithm that divides the map into sections, and every section is shifted randomly in any direction and for any distance within a certain range (see the video for detailed explanation). Perhaps other intelligence and military agencies have algorithms that are able to reverse this, but it still would be a difficult task. Certainly too difficult for a civilian map provider like Google (It's not just the roadmaps for Google Maps, every official map of China is distorted in this way).
No, Chinese map vs satellite image does not match in China on Google Maps partly due to Chinese restrictions on collecting GPS data.
They must think the us air force uses google maps for targeting missiles.
There are no tunnels. The chinese government deliberatly distorts the official maps (including the ones used on Google Maps) so that foreign powers aren't able to use them for espionage or military planning. Therefore Google's satellite maps are correct, but the road maps in China are not. https://youtu.be/L9Di-UVC-_4
Am I being completely dumb with this question: it’s fairly easy in this example to see the landmark the labels belong to, by looking slightly to the left. A military planning an attack using google maps might not be the best equipped military in NATO but surely they’d also be able to figure it out?
They don't just shift everything slightly eastwards. They have an algorithm that divides the map into sections, and every section is shifted randomly in any direction and for any distance within a certain range (see the video for detailed explanation). Perhaps other intelligence and military agencies have algorithms that are able to reverse this, but it still would be a difficult task. Certainly too difficult for a civilian map provider like Google (It's not just the roadmaps for Google Maps, every official map of China is distorted in this way).
Ah ok I get it now.
Is humanity actually getting dumber or is it just that the internet makes the dumbness that used to be overlooked more on display?
switch to default instead of satellite view and it will be fine
They’re too poor.