This experimental military base in Nevada is the one place on Earth that Google won’t map
The Test Range is located about 70 miles northwest of Area 51 facility - a popular centre for conspiracy theories
FOR eight years, Google Earth did not update its images of a military site in Nevada testing experimental weapons and the company won’t explain why.
While other military ranges have been consistently mapped, the dry lake beds of the Tonopah Test Range were not photographed between 2008 and 2016.
This is the longest any part of the continental US has not been updated, according to .
The Test Range is located about 70 miles northwest of Area 51 facility - a popular centre for conspiracy theories.
Usually updates happen every 60 days, according to a
Since the early 1950s, the range has reportedly been used for government aerospace and weapons testing.
When asked why the “Tonopah gap” existed in their records, Google did not respond to Motherboard.
Since the website started asking questions the image of the area were updated to reflect its appearance in October 2017.
The newest images available today appear to have been updated to 2018.
Other images were added from 2014 and 2015, but the gap still remains for 6 years.
The Motherboard investigation teams ends with a question addressed straight to Google:
“Do you have a tacit agreement with the US government to keep this area off of Google Maps? Do you merely think that Don't Be Evil means Only Spy on Civilians? Please tell us, Google, we'd love to know.”
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