The CSIS(Canadian secret service) site has a great article on how innovative use of existing tech is going to be the deciding factor in the next couple wars and already has had a huge effect on the war in Iraq. The insurgents have used the internet as a propaganda tool to great effect. Cell/sat phones are used both for comms and remote detonators. The article mentions sat photos like the ones of your houses but in real time are already available if you have a credit card.

Say you are planning a bank robbery? If you have someone watching from a sat in real time you can not only tell when a cop is coming but which way and how fast.



I have used google earth to shop for farmland.

The military uses it to find out about the opium production.

Climate change shows up very very clearly.


I use them to watch out for zombies.