The US military is making a 1:1 scale virtual earth, using a real-world terrain database, to make it better prepared for small-scale battles around the world.
A gaming company called There has been commissioned to code the computer simulation which follows on from one of their own gaming projects. The new earth clone will be accurate enough for people to walk across continents if so wished.
So far only Kuwait City has been modeled, and the project is expected to be complete in September, with some military personnel who have served in Iraq will get the opportunity to test out the work-in-progress in the spring.
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