It is a feature that can aid the tourism industry.
We have rejected the plan by Google to expand its maps feature, the spokesman said.
The final decision would come hopefully sometime this year, he said without providing any further details.

Investigators believe the attackers were acquainted with the layout of the airbase from Google Maps.
The main concern was security of sensitive defence installations.
Google said it had received no official notifications of the ban from the Indian Home Ministry.

source: www.techworm.net