Re:The China GPS shift problem
by rdtsc on Monday January 25, 2016 @12:19AM
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Yes those Soviet era maps were military and classified.
They only ended up in popular circulation after a quick retreat, fuckup and corruption that happened when the Soviet forced retreated from the Baltic states.
I've heard even US militaryused(uses?) some of those maps for parts of Africa or used then initially in Afghanistan. As nobody else has bothered much to go and cross reference and built detailed maps of those regions in that much detail.
Re:The China GPS shift problem
by kbart on Monday January 25, 2016 @02:00AM
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My history teacher claimed she had seen one of these maps and accuracy was unbelievable, there were every minor remote woods path marked only known and used by locals.
They only ended up in popular circulation after a quick retreat, fuckup and corruption that happened when the Soviet forced retreated from the Baltic states.
I've heard even US militaryused(uses?) some of those maps for parts of Africa or used then initially in Afghanistan. As nobody else has bothered much to go and cross reference and built detailed maps of those regions in that much detail.