Originally posted by bz:
What do you guys think?
Even though you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.
(sorry couldn't resist).
Aerial photos are being used by various agencies at least in Southern California. The California Coastal Commission is an quasi agency in CA that is somewhat of a watchdog regarding coastal property. There are a multitude of regulations regarding what you can build on a coastal bluff property and what measures that you can and cannot take to protect the bluff. The Coastal Commission did an aerial survey about ten years ago and then again about 2 years ago. They are performing side by side photo comparisons to determine if any bluff modifications have taken place. An unfortunate side effect of this process is that they have posted detailed aerial photographs of coastal properties, although now Google Earth is just as detailed.
As a side note Barbara Streisand sued to keep the photos from being available to the general public. She lost.
