Google Earth used for Good!
Search engine Google and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum have launched an online mapping project today to provide what the museum says is evidence of atrocities committed in Sudan’s western Darfur region.
More than 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur since 2003 and some of this carnage - which the United States calls the first genocide of this century - has been detailed by Google Earth, the search engine’s mapping service.
Using high-resolution imagery, users can zoom into Darfur to view more than 1,600 damaged or destroyed villages, providing what the Holocaust Museum says is evidence of the genocide. Sudan’s government denies that genocide is taking place.
Read the Entire Article about Sudan and the Atrocities on The Sydney Morning Herald’s website
