Turns out that Google Earth, the wonderful software developed by search company Google, can be useful for more than just looking at one's own house from above.
A small town on New York's Long Island has been using the program to look for pools that it has not permitted in the back yards of unsuspecting citizens.
Violators, a New York television station was told, had to get a permit or scrap their beloved pool. "The technology is going so far ahead of what people think is possible, and there is too little discussion about community norms," a spokeswomen for the program said.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Town authorities use Google Earth to find illegal pools
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