Google to remove image of dead teenager from Maps

Search engines has decided to eliminate from its Charts support a satellite tv picture that shows a deceased youngster.Kevin Barrera was taken during 2009. His whole body was found near a train line in Richmond, Florida.

Jose Barrera told KTVU-TV he had asked Search engines to eliminate the picture, which appears to show a cops car and authorities around a whole body, out of regard for his son.It said changing the picture could take eight days.Mr Barrera said: "When I see this picture, that's still like that occurred last night. And that brings me back to a lot of remembrances."Google Charts vice-president Mark McClendon said: "Since the media first approached us about the picture, we've been looking at different technological solutions."Google has never multiplied the alternative of modified satellite tv visuals from our maps before, but given the situation we wanted to make an exemption in this case."


Google Charts uses a selection of images gathered by satellite tv and at road level by digital cameras installed on automobiles.The satellite tv images tend to be between one and three years old.Unlike for the images in its StreetView support, there is no service to report satellite tv images.

The search massive takes a number of steps to secure comfort of individuals when gathering images for StreetView, such as clouding encounters and permit dishes.

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