just go to google maps and look under iraq. they allow you to search for different areas by name. just type in military bases, is this idea sound from a military perspective?
2007-04-11 09:43:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
They don't get detailed and the images are not close to being current.
2007-04-11 09:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are satellite images of bases stateside, too. I did a job in Corpus Christi and did some research before I went down. I could see the coastal mine hunters on the satcom image and when I got to the base..bingo, just like in the photo.
Heck, I even found the house I grew up (?) in, in Delaware and my house here, my son's house, old friends' houses...etc etc etc. Even the Navy shipyard across the road from where I work with ships being worked on.
2007-04-11 11:43:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have seen where I lived in Iraq on Google Earth and the info could be a little useful, but not likely. Locals work on the FOBs anyway so the insurgents could have people inside, gathering intel thats more useful.
2007-04-11 09:53:13 · answer #3 · answered by idaho69442 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I truly have seen the situation I lived in Iraq on Google Earth and the records might possibly be a sprint functional, yet no longer likely. Locals artwork on the FOBs as properly so the insurgents could have human beings indoors, gathering intel thats better functional.
2016-10-21 21:31:31 · answer #4 · answered by ramayo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't sufficient detail to do any harm. And if you don't think the bad guys have local workers on the bases and camps spying on the facilities you've never been to Iraq.
2007-04-11 10:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by iraq51 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but these maps aren't current. They are composite, over a period of years. So, the image you see of Camp X-Ray may be three years old, and of no validity for a strike.
2007-04-11 09:52:29 · answer #6 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For Americans a wrong move in chess (so to speak),for the anti-Americans an open view to see the enemy and a good opportunity to scan the location for a strike.
2007-04-11 09:55:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Google's maps aren't in realtime, nor do they have substantial detail, nor do they give insight to all of the defenses present at the base in question. In light of these facts, they don't provide useful information to enemies.
2007-04-11 09:48:25 · answer #8 · answered by jtrusnik 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Like everyone else has said about the resolution and real-time issues. Another piece is--- Iraq is their country--- they know where the bases are.
2007-04-11 09:50:53 · answer #9 · answered by Steven P 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
From a privacy perspective...
Lucky they don´t increase the resolution over soldiers having to urgently release themselves..
2007-04-11 09:47:27 · answer #10 · answered by NLBNLB 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋