The National Security Authority cites security concerns over the company photographing military buildings in Oslo. August 12, 2013 1:21 PM PDT (Credit: James Martin/CNET) The Norwegian government has denied a request from Apple to do a 3D mapping of the capital city of Oslo because of security concerns, according to news reports Monday. Apple applied for a license from the goverment to fly over Oslo and take images, but Norway's National Security Authority rejected the application because the mapping would include military buildings, local newspaper Aftenposten reported (translated by Google Translate). The publication said the U.S. embassy has actually stepped in to aid Apple, and the Oslo major also asked the NSA to reconsider. The government has tightened its security measures since the 2011 bombing of an Oslo government building. The bombing left eight people dead and more than 200 injured. Aftenposten noted that in the U.S. both Washington D.C. and military headquarters are also not mapped. Apple has been playing catch up on maps since it booted Google's mapping app for its own, which it launched prematurely. [VIA BBC] Donna Tam Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
The National Security Authority cites security concerns over the company photographing military buildings in Oslo.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
The Norwegian government has denied a request from Apple to do a 3D mapping of the capital city of Oslo because of security concerns, according to news reports Monday.
Apple applied for a license from the goverment to fly over Oslo and take images, but Norway's National Security Authority rejected the application because the mapping would include military buildings, local newspaper Aftenposten reported (translated by Google Translate).
The publication said the U.S. embassy has actually stepped in to aid Apple, and the Oslo major also asked the NSA to reconsider. The government has tightened its security measures since the 2011 bombing of an Oslo government building. The bombing left eight people dead and more than 200 injured.
Aftenposten noted that in the U.S. both Washington D.C. and military headquarters are also not mapped. Apple has been playing catch up on maps since it booted Google's mapping app for its own, which it launched prematurely.
[VIA BBC]
Donna Tam is a staff writer for CNET News and a native of San Francisco. She enjoys feasting, merrymaking, checking her Gmail, and reading on her Kindle. Before landing at CNET, she wrote for daily newspapers, including the Oakland Tribune, The Spokesman-Review, and the Eureka Times-Standard.
