The Australian government has decided that images of sensitive areas are not a risk, due to poor level of detail. Countries engaged with Google Maps ĭuring talks with the Indian government, Google issued a statement saying 'Google has been talking and will continue to talk to the Indian government about any security concerns it may have regarding Google Earth.' Google agreed to blur images on request of the Indian government. For example, when Google Maps and Google Earth were launched, images of the White House and United States Capitol were blurred out however, these sites are now uncensored. There are cases where the censorship of certain sites was subsequently removed. For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite imagery.

Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.

Google satellite picture of my house