Comments on: Google Earth used to attack troops in Iraq http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/ Everything you need to know about Google Earth Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:36:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: yo mama http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-44401 yo mama Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:29:07 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-44401 there's not even a date on the photos of iraq there’s not even a date on the photos of iraq

]]> By: victus http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-6803 victus Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:14:46 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-6803 Iraq is very much updated tho Iraq is very much updated tho

]]> By: Google Earth Hacks blog » Google Earth makes the news again as a tool of war http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Google Earth Hacks blog » Google Earth makes the news again as a tool of war Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:09:37 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-79 [...] Spotted this story hitting the home page of BBC News this evening. Unlike previous stories of GE being used to attack troops, this story focuses on GE being used as a form of defense planning for Sunni Muslims being attacked by Shia Militia. Although it does mention the use of GE by insurgents to identify ‘posible targets’: From BBC News: Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad. [...]

[...] Spotted this story hitting the home page of BBC News this evening. Unlike previous stories of GE being used to attack troops, this story focuses on GE being used as a form of defense planning for Sunni Muslims being attacked by Shia Militia. Although it does mention the use of GE by insurgents to identify ‘posible targets’: From BBC News: Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad. [...]

]]> By: Captain Hornblower http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Captain Hornblower Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:06:59 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-27 @Merritt Try this coordinates: 35°17'20"N 139°39'30"E @Merritt
Try this coordinates:
35°17′20″N
139°39′30″E

]]> By: S S Salvi http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-26 S S Salvi Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:37:34 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-26 Merritt Holloway, Type this link in your browser: http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=35293200&x=139671293&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2 Then search the location in GE. I always find this ( first search in wikimapia and then use GE ) a better way around to search places known by name. ==== Shashi Merritt Holloway,

Type this link in your browser:

http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=35293200&x=139671293&z=14&l=0&m=a&v=2

Then search the location in GE.

I always find this ( first search in wikimapia and then use GE ) a better way around to search places known by name.

====

Shashi

]]> By: Merritt M. Holloway http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Merritt M. Holloway Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:23:23 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-25 Perhaps I'm not that computer savvy. I was in the Navy stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. I can't seem to see the Navy base and google says there is no such place. Can someone please help me find it. esept11@yahoo.com Thank you Perhaps I’m not that computer savvy. I was in the Navy stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. I can’t seem to see the Navy base and google says there is no such place. Can someone please help me find it. esept11@yahoo.com Thank you

]]> By: sssalvi http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-22 sssalvi Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:40:15 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-22 No all data is not old. Of late they have updated by as latest as Dec2006. No all data is not old. Of late they have updated by as latest as Dec2006.

]]> By: david http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-21 david Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:15:03 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-21 Not all Googles data are two years old, a few months ago I was looking at a house (now a school) I lived in Tehran, Iran. I would have never known there was an update until I saw the change in patterns in the dirt where the kids walked and played. Circular paths were now all strait and at right angles. After all, the day an area is updated, it remains a relatively new image. I am not sure if any of this is important for the subject here though. Not all Googles data are two years old, a few months ago I was looking at a house (now a school) I lived in Tehran, Iran. I would have never known there was an update until I saw the change in patterns in the dirt where the kids walked and played. Circular paths were now all strait and at right angles. After all, the day an area is updated, it remains a relatively new image. I am not sure if any of this is important for the subject here though.

]]> By: S S Salvi http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-19 S S Salvi Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:29:42 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-19 It is only a suspicion that GE image was used. 1 in six months is not a alarming ratio. Incidentally, do you believe that accurate co-ordinates can be obtained from GE imageries?.. NO! There will be an error of at least 30Meters from ground truth location and GE location. and also the offset is not constant.. in some images it is on one side and it is on opposite side in others. If such inaccuracy is sufficient ( Comments 8 and 16 above point to this fact ) then GE imagery is not at all required.. Microsoft Encarta World Atlas is not a bad tool either. If someone wants a recent image of any place then there are suppliers who sell imageries for a few hundred dollars. It is only a suspicion that GE image was used.
1 in six months is not a alarming ratio.

Incidentally, do you believe that accurate co-ordinates can be obtained from GE imageries?.. NO!

There will be an error of at least 30Meters from ground truth location and GE location. and also the offset is not constant.. in some images it is on one side and it is on opposite side in others.

If such inaccuracy is sufficient ( Comments 8 and 16 above point to this fact ) then GE imagery is not at all required.. Microsoft Encarta World Atlas is not a bad tool either.

If someone wants a recent image of any place then there are suppliers who sell imageries for a few hundred dollars.

]]> By: stupidbob http://www.gearthhacks.com/blog/200701/google-earth-used-to-attack-troops-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-17 stupidbob Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:33:10 +0000 http://www.googleearthhacks.com/blog/?p=4#comment-17 oh yeah right bob ... Google earth is actually a secret radical islam company in covert ops to help them overtake the world. why hasn't anyone else told me yet ... oh yeah right bob … Google earth is actually a secret radical islam company in covert ops to help them overtake the world. why hasn’t anyone else told me yet …

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