Google spokesman Larry Yu said a Google crew mistakenly asked for access to a base, breaking Google policy.
"It is against our policy to request access to military bases for the purpose of capturing imagery in Street View," he said, adding that when Google was contacted, the imagery was taken off the site within about 24 hours.
Street View is a feature on Google Map pages that allows viewers to click on a location and see a panoramic view of that spot.
The issue emerged just a few days after published reports suggested that protesters used Google Earth to help plot their access to the roof of a parliament building in Britain.
Renuart stressed that the military ban was not an attack against Google, but that it was more a concern about secondary effects of an otherwise good technology.
"Google was very appreciative of us letting them know that we had a concern," he said. "They understand the security implications, and they have given us no indication that they would not be helpful to us if we asked."
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