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Iran will create a "Google Earth"
To the Iranian authorities, Google is the evil abode. The country has banned the services of this company, and Google Earth is called a tool of international espionage. The Islamic Republic announced plans to launch its own map service.
The Minister of information and communications technology of Iran Mohammad Hassan Nami announced that his country is developing so-called "Islamic Google Earth" to be called Basir. The launch of the analogue of the map service Google will be held in the coming months.
Iran has always belonged to Western Internet services with suspicion. For this reason the country blocked access to several millions of web sites.
Unfortunately, the Minister has provided only superficial information about the service with religious overtones, not really explaining the essence of the word "Islamic":
We are developing a service with the Islamic views expressed by the people of our country. The website will contain information that will open people's eyes ... the Difference between Basir and the Google Earth values.
Experts, however, Express serious doubts about the success of the initiated project. According to one of the IT consultants in the past had to deal with Iran, such projects are not implemented in a short time. To reach the level of Google Earth will require large investments, and some government subsidies are not enough. The cost of billions of dollars of investment, and it's hard to fit in with a country against which sanctions.
Last year, Iranian officials announced the completion of the initial stages of creating a national counterpart of the Global network. A few months earlier, Iran unveiled stealth fighter of its own production.
Source: /users/740
The Minister of information and communications technology of Iran Mohammad Hassan Nami announced that his country is developing so-called "Islamic Google Earth" to be called Basir. The launch of the analogue of the map service Google will be held in the coming months.
Iran has always belonged to Western Internet services with suspicion. For this reason the country blocked access to several millions of web sites.
Unfortunately, the Minister has provided only superficial information about the service with religious overtones, not really explaining the essence of the word "Islamic":
We are developing a service with the Islamic views expressed by the people of our country. The website will contain information that will open people's eyes ... the Difference between Basir and the Google Earth values.
Experts, however, Express serious doubts about the success of the initiated project. According to one of the IT consultants in the past had to deal with Iran, such projects are not implemented in a short time. To reach the level of Google Earth will require large investments, and some government subsidies are not enough. The cost of billions of dollars of investment, and it's hard to fit in with a country against which sanctions.
Last year, Iranian officials announced the completion of the initial stages of creating a national counterpart of the Global network. A few months earlier, Iran unveiled stealth fighter of its own production.
Source: /users/740
