Observatory Circle is a street and neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The street runs from Calvert Street to Massachusetts Avenue near 34th Street. Established in 1894, the street follows an incomplete loop, forming an arc rather than a circle. The street surrounds the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory , which includes Number One Observatory Circle , the official residence of the Vice President of the United States . Areas around the Observatory are also referred to as Observatory Circle, bounded on the northeast by Massachusetts Avenue ; on the south by Calvert Street, the Observatory Circle property, and Whitehaven Street; and on the west by 37th Street.
5-539: The inside of the arc formed by Observatory was blurred on Google Maps . Massachusetts Avenue completes the northeast side of the circle and is the major thoroughfare of the neighborhood, where it is mostly lined with embassies. Therefore, most of the area is commonly regarded as Embassy Row . This article about a location in Washington, D.C. , is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Washington, D.C. road or road transport-related article
10-569: A beach, and parking lots) from its satellite imagery . There are situations where the censorship of certain sites was subsequently removed. For example, when Google Maps and Google Earth were launched, images of the White House and United States Capitol were blurred out; however, these sites are now uncensored. During talks with the Indian government, Google issued a statement saying "Google has been talking and will continue to talk to
15-488: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Satellite map images with missing or unclear data This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data . Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park,
20-768: The Indian government about any security concerns it may have regarding Google Earth." Google agreed to blur images on request of the Indian government. The Australian government has decided that images of sensitive areas are not a risk, due to poor level of detail. It was reported that in the lead-up to the APEC forum in Sydney held in September 2007 certain key locations in images of the city's central business district, where APEC leaders were meeting, might have been intentionally reduced in resolution; however, Google has indicated that
25-606: The change was unrelated to APEC, while the NSW police said that they knew nothing about the change in Google's images. Images of the prime minister's official residence, The Lodge have not been blurred. However, images of its roof have been and the entrance to The Lodge is blurred in Google Street View . The government of Malaysia has stated that it will not ask Google to censor sensitive areas because that would identify
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