According to the Jerusalem Post, Google Earth will now filter items posted on its default map.
Key to the new layer are special algorithms that corroborate information received through one source with the other sources . . .
But it will also allow Google Earth to automatically corroborate any information received from users before displaying it on the default layer. Only information appearing in more than a single source will be displayed in this layer.
The company has not removed any layers or information. All layers, whether the massive Google Earth Community or small ones such as those showing a tourist’s journey, local information in local languages or even historical maps, can still be displayed by choosing those layers in a menu sitting beside the map.
I imagine this will address the problem raised in July when Thameen Darby of Jenin dotted Palestinian villages on Google Earth with the words “Nakba–Palestinian catastrophe.”
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