The creators of "Geoportal" gave a precise definition Bashny.Net

The story of the geoportal which began dramatically "competitor Google Maps», got funny sequel, I quote:

According to the website of the newspaper "Marker", the project (Geoportal Roscosmos) criticized in the press, pointing out that with the help of "Russian Space Systems" began trading shots Earth high-resolution, in contrast to the American free analogue Nasa World Wind, and supports geo-portal data center "Oversan-Mercury" belongs to the company, related to the family of Yuri Urlichich, chief designer of GLONASS. After studying the publication of the Internet resource "Web planet" about the opening of Geoportal, which expressed above and given the facts, Anatoly Perminov, (Head of the Federal Space Agency) wrote on a piece of control angry resolution obscene content addressed YM Urlichich and the head of automatic space systems Roscosmos MV Novikov. Understand scandal Geoportal Perminov instructed his deputy Anatoly Shilov.
via Exler





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