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[OT] Maps

From: "Thomas Barclay" <kaladorn@m...>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:10:12 -0500
Subject: [OT] Maps

Glenn made some interesting points. One was:

And as for Op Sec (operational security - 
the thing kept the
military to tell Defense Mapping about 
Grenada until 24-72
hours before hand - "You don't have maps 
of Grenada!?!?!")
it can turn the mundane in to chaos if for 
SBU facts like
stock levels or existence of maps.  Ever 
seen a grid on a
tourist map?  Sad, almost pathetic.

[Tomb] And another thing - Our military 
orienteering gear is marked in mils. Most of 
the civ maps are not. Try mixing civilian 
maps and military compasses or vice versa. 
Not impossible, by any means, just 
annoying. And of course, fire support isn't 
too easy to call on the grid-less maps too. 
;) 
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Mr. Thomas Barclay
Software Developer & Systems Analyst
thomas.barclay@stargrunt.ca
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