Google Earth "Helps Military Mission Planners"

On the BAE Systems website, there are three “Top News” items.  One involves the “world’s most advanced warship.”  Another mentions the “first lightweight RPG protection kits” for a certain type of Army vehicle.  The last “Top News” item refers to Google.

No, this isn’t a sign that Google’s finally trying to take over the world.  Instead, “A new version of BAE Systems’ image analysis and mapping software enables analysts to evaluate and share intelligence data more effectively by integrating with Google Earth and the ESRI geodatabase,” according to the official press release.

As a result, military planners in the U.S., U.K., and Australia may benefit - Leon Engelbrecht