Originally Posted by Drebbel

Ok, tell me. How would one without these google images know what the compound looks like behind the first walls ? These images can be very valuable. Why you think governments around the globe spent billions and billions on spy planes and sattelites, right, because this kind of info is highly important for a couple of reasons. And some of those reasons can also be used by the bad guys.

Originally Posted by Drebbel

You could probably make that arguement for just about anything. GPS, for instance, is just as useful for civilian or military/quasi-military application. The civilian version of GPS isn't nearly as precise though, I believe, and its the same with Google Earth where the resolution is nowhere near what spy satellites and planes are capable of.