Comments on: The new genocide map of Darfur on Google Earth http://www.bloggernews.net/15932 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:15:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dave Coufal http://www.bloggernews.net/15932#comment-13537 Dave Coufal Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:06:25 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15932#comment-13537 To the comment from Jake Waters: Calm down. Just pull up Google Earth, and then spin the globe around and zoom in on Sudan. You will see the Darfur Crisis layers begin to appear. From another article: The mapping service works thus. Just by logging on to Google Earth, one can at once assess satellite images of the Darfur area, which is clearly highlighted. A zoom-in click then conducts the user either to watch a multimedia documented satellite images of tattered refugee camps, almost 1,800 completely destroyed villages, tents on flames, remains of human bodies, displaced people, and so on and so forth. Most of the images are in the form of flame icons. By clicking on a flame icon, the surfer can immediately see the name and full details of the village, as well as the extent of destruction orchestrated. To the comment from Jake Waters:

Calm down. Just pull up Google Earth, and then spin the globe around and zoom in on Sudan. You will see the Darfur Crisis layers begin to appear.

From another article:

The mapping service works thus. Just by logging on to Google Earth, one can at once assess satellite images of the Darfur area, which is clearly highlighted. A zoom-in click then conducts the user either to watch a multimedia documented satellite images of tattered refugee camps, almost 1,800 completely destroyed villages, tents on flames, remains of human bodies, displaced people, and so on and so forth. Most of the images are in the form of flame icons. By clicking on a flame icon, the surfer can immediately see the name and full details of the village, as well as the extent of destruction orchestrated.

]]> By: jake waters http://www.bloggernews.net/15932#comment-12768 jake waters Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:03:34 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15932#comment-12768 You don't provide a link to the google earth maps you are talking about, and when i type "darfur" into google earth, it comes up on Darfur, Minnesota! This is either Google's attempt to cover up the slaughter (don't laugh - they replaced New Orleans pictures with Pre-Katrina imagery) or very poor software. The link you provide to Google Earth goes to Amazon.com... that's not what i want!! Please post an update. Thank you! You don’t provide a link to the google earth maps you are talking about, and when i type “darfur” into google earth, it comes up on Darfur, Minnesota! This is either Google’s attempt to cover up the slaughter (don’t laugh - they replaced New Orleans pictures with Pre-Katrina imagery) or very poor software. The link you provide to Google Earth goes to Amazon.com… that’s not what i want!! Please post an update. Thank you!

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