Osama Bin Laden's Alleged Abbottabad Compound Hits Google Maps (PICTURES) (UPDATE)

[UPDATE 1:] The CIA has released an illustrated rendering and satellite images of the bin Laden kill site. These official images do not match the original Google Maps images contained in this post. The correct images can be viewed directly below.

ARTIST RENDERING:

SATELLITE IMAGE:

[UPDATE 2:] Google Earth coordinates (34° 10'09.64"N 73° 14'33.17"E) pinpoint the location of the compound pictured in the CIA's images, though the Google Earth image is apparently older. [hat tip, John M. and Mel P.]
GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE:

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[PREVIOUSLY:]President Barack Obama announced late Sunday night that Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan during a raid by U.S. operatives.

Already, users on Google Maps have posted the suspected site of the compound where bin Laden may have been found.

Although its authenticity has not been confirmed, you can view the suspected structure in the images. Scroll down further for a nighttime photo of hilly Abbottabad, or see ABC's video from inside the Osama Bin Laden kill site.

LOOK: [via TechCrunch]


LOOK: [via Mashable]

Comments

[danrothesq]

11:28 AM on 05/04/2011

The firefight was with nobody. The SEALs busted in the complex and shot up the place to make noise and totally scare the people in there. Nobody was shooting at them. It did not take 40 minutes to get bin Laden, probably did not take five minutes. Most of the time was spent searching the place and getting his stuff out. They captured him alive before they shot him, if they shot him. Too many people involved to keep it all secret. Watch as the story comes out.

[CAhye]

02:17 PM on 05/09/2011

conspriacy theory

[southingtonian]

07:06 AM on 05/03/2011

Nice, just a short walk to the 'campus' and his 'students'. :-P

[Cluck]

04:17 AM on 05/03/2011

The last 2 maps are for 34 11' 15.82" N 73 14' 33.20" E which is totally different from Bin Laden's compound at 34 10' 09.49" N 73 14' 33.53" E. But that's OK, even MSNBC is showing the 2 different buildings within the same 1-hour special. The building you can see on the military pictures is the one south west of the Kakul military academy. The one north west of the academy is apparently the first set of coordinates reported, but has nothing to do with the raided compound.

It took me just one minute to find the correct coordinates on Google Earth from the published satellite pictures on MSNBC or here, very recognizable even though the Google Earth map seems rather old compared to the satellite picture.

[wegugin]

09:18 PM on 05/02/2011

None of those locations pinpointed appear to be correct.

[andie1lan]

06:30 PM on 05/02/2011

If they could not get the location right, makes one wonder what else they got wrong.

[Mystic01]

04:38 PM on 05/02/2011

How soon before somebody does a 3D model of this place for Google Earth?

[j ander16]

03:53 PM on 05/02/2011

Lat/Long: 34°10'9.66"N 73°14'33.18"E

[mrvideo1]

02:48 PM on 05/02/2011

The location in the article is wrong.

Here is the real location of Osama Bin Laden's Compound:

34.16935493150758, 73.24253439903259

[JoeSchmo88]

02:07 PM on 05/02/2011

Map of Distance between Bin Laden's Compound and Pakistan Military Headquarters. Includes driving directions. Distance: 1.1 miles.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=203102110811747366096.0004a24d49e4740eeccf1&ll=34.183992,73.251343&spn=0.010934,0.013368&z=16

[LeadDogMaps]

01:03 PM on 05/02/2011

Blog post on finding the correct location of Osama Bin Laden compound: http://www.goleaddog.com/news_blog/blog/

[jsgaetano]

01:01 PM on 05/02/2011

No wonder the Gooptards couldn't find him- they had our military guys searching caves for seven years.

[AMCD]

12:59 PM on 05/02/2011

20' high walls topped with barb wire. I wonder, how many compounds in that area have that kind of security measure? Is that standard building codes? If not, wouldn't this point to some kind of military type complex? Just wondering.

[Judy Neff]

04:38 PM on 05/04/2011

I wonder why the neighbors wouldn't be suspicious. This place would have stood out from all the rest.

[sunbeltvoter]

12:55 PM on 05/02/2011

The Techcrunch photo in this article is wrong. ogleearth has the CIA provided picture of the compound and the real loction. Right down the street from their military academy. Someone Knew.

[EricBishop]

12:48 PM on 05/02/2011

lat long?

[Matthew Atkinson]

11:36 AM on 05/02/2011

Um, yeah...At the moment, there are SEVEN places in the area that are all tagged "Bin Laden's Compound." Seems people are picking random big buildings and designating them.