engine - 6:26 pm on Mar 7, 2008 (gmt 0)

The Pentagon banned the Internet giant's digital-mapping vehicles from all military installations after detailed photographs of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio appeared on Google Maps. "We don't have any issues regarding Google and their products, which are very useful tools," Ross said. "But the Street View provides clear imagery of control points, barriers, headquarters and security facilities that pose a risk to our force-protection efforts." Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., said it erred in collecting the information from the base and has since complied with the military's request to take down the images.

Google Removes Street Views Of Military Instalations [latimes.com]