The U.S. Department of Defense wants to provide the troops with a 3-D view of the battlefield. A decade ago, this seemed to be a science fiction fantasy. But since then, there are enough electronic eyes on the battlefield to make this happen. Developments in graphics software, and more powerful, and cheaper, computers has made 3-D representations of the real world easier to obtain. For the military, a 3-D view of the battlefield is a life saver, and a big combat advantage. Current software enables the user to quickly move around this 3-D view, checking for how things look from different vantage points (especially those of the enemy.)
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20091003.aspx
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