How Google's Mapathon May Have Compromised India's National Security
A national security strategy that relies on classified maps might not be the best idea. By Kelsey D. Atherton Posted 07.29.2014 at 9:00 am Detail From Top 10 Mapathon India Winners The number one is in Pathankot, which is very near the disputed territory of Kashmir. Google India's Central Bureau of Investigation is questioning an open-source map project sponsored by Google. Google's possible crime : Revealing information about sensitive military installations. Relying on locals to document the area around them, Google's contest may have documented what was known to locals but unavailable on previous maps of India. India, like most countries engaged in a long and frustrating military stalemate over territory disputed by a nuclear-armed neighbor, wants to keep details about its own military installations out of the public eye. The government's Survey of India is responsible for maps, and that ...