Slideshow: Pentagon Has a 3-D View to a Kill

The U.S. military is using high-resolution 3-D maps so troops can view battlefields before a mission. By Wired News' Declan McCullagh.
3D wire frame models of the San Diego airport can be rendered from satellite images.
3-D wire frame models of the San Diego airport can be rendered from satellite images.Harris Corp.

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High resolution satellite photography can yield detail terrestrial photographs. These can then be used to create 3-D models like this one of the San Diego airport.

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