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Re:The USSR covertly mapped American and European cities by rtkwe on Sunday October 15, 2017 @09:21AM (#15477001)
Infrastructure like roads tend to not change that regularly and once it's built it's there and won't change for quite a few years. They might be missing newer roads but knowing about a portion of the roads would still be useful for planning movement and logistics even if there might be a newer better route.
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Re:The USSR covertly mapped American and European cities by SQL2219 on Sunday October 15, 2017 @09:29AM (#15477022)
...down to the heights of houses and types of businesses. Google street view can't even keep up with this.
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Re:The USSR covertly mapped American and European cities by lightedman on Sunday October 15, 2017 @10:18AM (#15477192)
Street view, no. Google Earth Pro, yes. And that's free.
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