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GIS Data “Shockingly” Easy to Fake; New Paper Spoofs Satellite Imagery

by CivMetrics Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | GIS

A few years ago, one GIS expert noticed an epidemic of geo-spoofing on the mobile game Pokemon Go; players were using VPNs to trick the game into thinking they were in different locations. But in a world where many apps, services and even geopolitical decisions rely...