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Google Maps Street View: Secret Indian Military Bases Revealed; India Says it’s Investigating

Google Maps may have accidentally disclosed the location of secret Indian military bases, according to reports recently.

The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation started investigating Google after it revealed the locations of sensitive military installations, the Press Trust of India said.

According to Newsweek, it was part of a so-called Mapathon mapping contest held by Google.

“Except that Pathankot, the city which contest winner Vishal Saini mapped, is very close to the border of what India calls Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan calls the area Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), or simply Azad Kashmir (‘Free Kashmir’). The two countries have fought three wars over the territory since 1947,” Newsweek’s Taylor Wofford wrote.

The Survey of India called on Google to share details of how it got the information. According to India’s National Map Policy, “The responsibility for producing, maintaining and disseminating the topographic map database of the whole country, which is the foundation of all spatial data, vests with the Survey of India.”

Google India issued a statement to BGR about the matter.

It said, “We are in touch with relevant authorities and take national regulations and security very seriously. We have nothing more to share at this point in time.”

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