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Map Error Blamed for Israeli Strike on UN Observers

CBC News: “An incorrect map and communications failure led to an Israeli air strike on a UN observer post that killed four peacekeepers. … According to [the IDF’s] confidential report, Israeli artillery were using a hand-drawn map that identified the clearly marked UN post in the Khiyam area of southern Lebanon as a base for the militant organization Hezbollah.”

(Artillery units use hand-drawn maps? What’s UTM for, then?)

Posted on Friday, September 15, 2006 at 10:37 AM
Categories: Mapping Errors

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yup, when I heard that the hand-drawn map used a mercator projection instead of UTM, and that the units were in cubits instead of meters, I figured there would be bad consequences.

android | 09/15/2006 at 11:50 AM | #

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