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Sunday, August 06, 2006

Ordnance Survey Ends “Airbrushing” of Cold War Sites on Maps

UPI (via the Independant, a UK paper) and others are reporting that after determining that Cold War sites are widely available via Internet satellite images, the Ordnance Survey determined it’s time to stop erasing them from its maps.  About 50 sites, perhaps including “secret radar bases, nuclear-bomb stores and rocket-testing ranges” may be on the next iterations of the maps. More detailed coverage in The Guardian.

by Adena Schutzberg on 08/06 at 07:42 PM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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