Google earth military privacy requests backfire

The military can't ask Google to hide something without revealing that is of some importance. So they have to actually hide it from spying satelites. With milions of eyes scourring the earth, and new high resolution pictures forthcoming, there will be fewer and fewer secrets. Just as well, if you need to hide it from a satellite, you probably shouldn't be doing it.
Google Earth Changed The Game

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Google lauches it's own satelite
Google needs its own satellite for a number of reasons. Right now, it gets its mapping imagery from a number of sources, including aerial photos and the IKONOS satellite, which is capable of 1 or 4 meter resolution. The new Google GeoEye-1 satellite will be able to snap continuous images of the earth at 1 or half meter resolution in full color. 

And because Google is going to be able to have near-exclusive use of this satellite for online mapping data, the photos will not get out of date like many of the current Google Earth images which are years old — they’ll be constantly refreshed, and Google and non-military US Government agencies will also be able to snap images within hours of significant geographical events occurring, such as major floods and damage from hurricanes. 

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Possibly useless discovery: no GPS, try CPS, since it seems cows line up north south in Google earth studies Lost? Let A Cow Be Your Guide

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Watch Arctic Ice Melting in Google Earth