How Google Earth, iPhone Apps, And Playing 'Call Of Duty" Can Be Used In A War Zone

A screenshot from the game Call of Duty. Inset: the iPhone compass app, and a Google Earth image of Misrata, Libya. Source: Supplied

Google Earth, An iPhone Compass And Experience Playing 'Call of Duty' Have Been Vital To Libya's Rebel War Plan -- The Australian

IT is probably not what the designers of Google Earth had in mind, but for the rebels in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata their software has become a crucial part of the revolutionary armoury: a free battlefield system that helps them to aim mortars and pinpoint Gaddafi tanks.

Other uprisings in the Arab Spring have leant heavily on the organising powers of Facebook and Twitter, but in Libya it is Google Earth that has become an invaluable asset.

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Update: Libyan opposition turn to Google Earth, Call of Duty in battle against Gaddafi forces -- News.com.au

My Comment: The meek (and geeks) are not only going to inherit the earth .... but also its battlefields.