The Parks Australia, which looks after the country’s natural treasures, asked Google to take down pictures uploaded by users after complaints from the Anangu Aboriginal people, Uluru’s traditional owners.
On other hand, the tourists were prohibited from traversing the sacred site in late 2019 after the Anangu people said it was being trashed by visitors eroding its surface, dropping rubbish and polluting nearby waterholes.
According to spokesperson for Parks Australia explained that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that it had alerted Google Australia to the user-generated images from the Uluru summit that have been posted on their mapping platform.
In contrast, Google spokesperson explained that Google understand Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is deeply sacred to the Anangu people.
"In addition Parks raised their concerns about this user contribution, we removed the imagery," Google reported.
Also, the images had been taken by users of Google maps prior to the closure of Uluru, previously known as Ayers Rock.
On other hand, the Street View function allows users to take virtual walking tours of locations around the planet. Thousands of tourists climbed to the top of Uluru each year in defiance of the wishes of its traditional owners.
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