is that a drug factory or a baby food processing plant? was Re: [SG/DS] Orbital assault

> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:41:00 -0700 "B Lin" <lin@rxkinetix.com> writes:

True, it makes the games easier to rationalize.

> Target identification is a separate issue - you still have the problem

Identifying what kind of building, etc. it is (and 90% of the time what it is
precisely is not a problem even for today's imagery. The real problem (having
done a few no strike graphics) is when sources disagree.

A real life example I worked on in "a country in SEA - not one of my AOR
- Area of Responsibility, Beth, although I expect you know that - which
was my co-worker's current assignment " was  a particular building
identified incompatibility on three charts issued by agencies/companies
in said country.   Imagine am inverted	"T" intersection.  Source "A"
says it is on the NE corner, "B" says NW corner and "C" says SW of the
intersection. Who was right? Well, the least reliable (in know matters and
age) map appeared to be right from other open sources. But since the entity
could have been in all three sites (but unlikely given it wasn't "that" mobile
by nature of what it was) we considered not including it in the Guide to
Numbered Features part of the product. Finally a matter of deduction and a
undegraded image being available we concluded where it was but not after
several days of discussion between analysts in the process, several 'experts'
in the product were consulted, and as said, the undegraded image was obtained
in a format we could view on our equipment. All for one feature of a product.
Now times that for say
30-200 features on a large scale product and see how long it takes to
identify large amounts of 'features'.

Gracias, Glenn

Hx, SF, and Fx: 6 mm figures, Starships and 1:6K "Wet Navy" warships are my
main interest. But I have forces in 6 through 25 mm FWIW...

> --Binhan