Google Earth maps atrocities in Darfur

CNN is reporting that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in conjunction with Google Earth is providing a geospatial map of the atrocities in Darfur. We live in a world increasingly connected, and we can no longer hide from our responsibility to stop genocide.

Sara J. Bloomfield, Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, states: "Educating today’s generation about the atrocities of the past and present can be enhanced by technologies such as Google Earth. When it comes to responding to genocide, the world’s record is terrible. We hope this important initiative with Google will make it that much harder for the world to ignore those who need us the most."

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Djibouti (part II)

An astute GIS user alerted me to the fact that the GIS print screen test page features the capital city of Djibouti! I'm sure that the reason why the man in the Coca-Cola Zero ad is familiar with Djibouti's capital is because he spends all of his spare time utilizing GIS to analyze regional demographic changes. I hear he's worried about a housing stock comprised primarily of single family detached homes when general household characteristics are decidedly shifting away from families with children.