Israeli soldiers who relied on Waze blundered into a deadly firefight

Re:Israeli soldiers who relied on Waze blundered into a dead... by crpatino on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:38PM (#11204419)

Or just maybe, militar personnel ough to rely on their government's reconn/intel reports instead of using customer grade apps that were never designed for wartime usage.

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Re:Israeli soldiers who relied on Waze blundered into a dead... by non-prophet on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:58PM (#11204582)

Military issue equipment is often low quality[1][2]. Intel and recon is oft contracted to a similar standard. I'm not surprised that they choose Waze over the alternative.

[1] Much of my military (USA) issued gear was replaced by commercial or handmade gear [1] http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/16/178813/-

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Re:Israeli soldiers who relied on Waze blundered into a dead... by Laaw on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:47PM (#11204483)

Wait, are there military "Waze" deployments? That'd probably be pretty useful, yes? In addition to the routing information, a military could have an "enterprise" Waze that contained a bunch of intel marked on a map based on reports from the field.

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Re:Israeli soldiers who relied on Waze blundered into a dead... by dogma1138 on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @03:33PM (#11205809)

There are military GIS systems, probably not Waze :)

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