Springtime for San Diego
The Internet changes peoples' perspectives on many things, their lives, opinions and apparently buildings. The New York Times has an article this morning describing a kerfuffle that the US Navy is having because a barracks built in '60s at the San Diego Naval base looks like a swastika from the air. But nobody could tell until Google Earth. The base is part of a no-fly zone, so commercial air travelers wouldn't have seen it and I guess astronauts kept it to themselves. It's pretty clearly visible in Google Earth however.
Unfettered access to information will cause these little glitches from time to time and I think that it's a good thing. As embarrassing as it undoubtedly is for the Navy, it's entertaining for the rest of us and more importantly, it helps us see the world from a different perspective.
Posted on September 27, 2007
