Truly Democratic Mapping
As Rich Gibson, co-author of the excellent O'Reilly Mapping Hacks book puts it: "Doesn't the President have access to something a tad more exclusive than Google Maps?"
"One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see that. I forgot the name of the program, but you get the satellite and you can — like, I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes."
Full CNBC video and discussion over here.
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[10.27.06 04:07 AM]
I'm not exactly a Bush supporter, but I think the criticism here is a bit disingenuous. He's clearly talking about using it for personal, non-official business. I mean, the first thing most everyone does when they get hold of it is to look at their house... if he'd requisitioned satellite time through the NRO to look at his ranch wistfully (even if it does show "objects on the ground as small as 24 inches in real time"), then he'd be open to criticism and for a much more serious reason.
[10.27.06 04:50 AM]
Kyle,
Please don't read this as a political comment, but as a tongue-in-cheek post. I actually fully appreciate that Google Maps is a democratic (not Democratic) tool.
/n
ps. While I am posting on US blog, I'm Danish and based in Copenhagen, so I can claim to be somewhat free from the need to do political lobbyism.
