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"Quality geographic data helps empower killing drones ... I mean, organizations and communities!"
by joelgrus 13y ago
"Quality geographic data helps empower killing drones ... I mean, organizations and communities!"
- yardie 13y agoWhile I believe you are being facetious, I'll bite. Yes, it also means that schoolhouses will no longer be confused with military bunkers. And diplomatic consulates won't be confused for depots [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._bombing_of_the_Chinese_emb...
- SEJeff 13y agoCertainly not from this. The military most def (via the NRO) has their own "classified" maps for all of these sorts of things. If you think the US military is using google maps or OSM data for this, you are sadly mistaken. I know this first hand having flown a non-weaponized drone ~12ish hours per day for a year overseas. - Former Shadow 200 TUAV Operator with 482 combat flight hours in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-2004.