Re: Report: Terrorists 'Use Google Maps to Hit UK Troops'

["Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>]

> - -- "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
>
> Not sure what to make of this 'report'...
>
> Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage
> displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say
> Army intelligence sources.
>
> Documents seized during raids on the homes of insurgents last week
> uncovered print-outs from photographs taken from Google.
>
> The satellite photographs show in detail the buildings inside the bases
> and
> vulnerable areas such as tented accommodation, lavatory blocks and where
> lightly armoured Land Rovers are parked.



Does seem a little dubious.


The imagery in google around Basra is hit and miss. some excellent and some
crap.
But to identify land rovers.... and bathrooms... I think some artistic
license was used. If this were an American Base, the reporter would have
said hummers instead.

A more dark scenario is if some country that had really good sat imagery was
providing this imagery and faking the appearance of it being printed off the
google website. A little tinfoil, but certainly possible.

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