Space Explored noticed that Apple Maps now blurs a bunch of NASA and Space Force sites, with no announcement from Apple.
What’s blurred
- NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and Stennis Space Center.
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- Bomber bases like Whiteman (B-2) and Ellsworth (B-1B).
Big Navy bases like Pearl Harbor and Norfolk aren’t blurred, and Google Maps hasn’t blurred any of these.
My take
As a security guy, I get it. But when Google shows the same spots in full detail, Apple blurring them mostly just annoys the space nerds zooming in on launch pads. Me included.
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