The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps

Re:The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps by lostlogin on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:07AM (#13627043)

Some are - they are absolutely everywhere in all cities I've lived in or visited, and yet I couldn't tell you the names of more than a couple. Do people really know the names of a significant portion of them?

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Re:The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps by grzm on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:35AM (#13627120)

Probably the people who live in those neighborhoods do, which can be a useful reference if you're in those areas.

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Re:The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps by maxerickson on Sunday February 12, 2017 @10:29AM (#13628757)

Or a useful reference point to call back to the artillery.

Recording information that is tactically useful for a ground battle would almost certainly have been a goal of the mapping program.

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Re:The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps by guard-of-terra on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:21AM (#13627247)

Asking people about churches in 198x USSR was probably not the wisest way to go around for a CIA spy. Better stick with libraries.

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Re:The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps by grzm on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:42AM (#13627311)

I was thinking more along the lines of "I'm looking for a shop near X."

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Re:The CIA Is Sharing Declassified Maps by guard-of-terra on Sunday February 12, 2017 @04:02AM (#13627511)

Никогда ещё Штирлиц[1] не был так близок к провалу.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stierlitz

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