Norway has banned Apple conduct aerial Oslo

Norway has banned Apple conduct aerial Oslo

 The Norwegian government has denied Apple's conduct aerial surveys of the capital city of Oslo for mapping application Mapp app. Local newspaper Aftenposten reported that the reason for refusal was the company's plans for the detailed mapping of complex social, military, and government buildings. According to the current legislation in Norway, mapping the country's capital from the air requires a special license, which the City may, for whatever reasons, to deny , however, Apple has the ability to use pictures of other suppliers shots if the latest agreement will be concluded.

Earlier, Finnish Nokia has received permission to shoot a partial Oslo with its three-dimensional air map service. Local press said that the system of issuing licenses for surveying was significantly tightened after the incident with Anders Breivik, who had originally planned explosions near government buildings before opened shooting at a children's camp. "After the incident with Breivik in the country initiated an extensive debate on the topic of how to protect government buildings.

Was decided that the need to increase both the physical security of buildings, and to ban aerial shooting," - writes Aftenposten. newspaper also notes that the application plans to kortografirovaniyu Apple Natsialnogo taken at the level of safety management, but it is there was a negative decision for the iPhone maker. The article says that Apple previously for a similar decision was made ​​by photographing buildings Defense and CIA.