It seems the government too is going the tech way in order to track down illegal activities. Under the table pools are being tracked down by the governments all over. This first happened in Greece when the economy collapsed last February. The Greek government went the tech way; used Google Earth and Google Maps for finding people who evaded taxes by not declaring a pool.

This idea is now used by the US authorities as well. The Riverhead town in Long Island has till now tracked down 250 unpermitted pools. They didn’t have to spend a lot of money with this either. The government have set their pockets jingling with $75,000 in fines. All this money is collected from people who never completed the required paperwork.

Everyone knows what Google Earth is; it has been around for a while and is very useful in tracking down any location. You can see the places on the entire globe through Google Earth. Only the places which are sensitive to politics like the President’s White House is blurred out for security reasons. But other than that, you can see everything that is on the planet Earth. Riverhead is the first instance where Google Earth is used for catching people who are trying to escape the laws. The government is planning many more raids based on Google Earth because it doesn’t cost much money and is really easy to use.

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