Comments on: Internet users can now interactively view satellite images of individual devastated villages.

Internet users can now interactively view satellite images of individual devastated villages.

jne1813 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:47:48 -0800

Google maps the Darfur crisis To Find Darfur on Google Earth 1. Download Google Earth 2. Open the program; in bottom-left corner, click open tabs 'PrimaryDatabase,' then 'Global Awareness,' then 'USHMM: Crisis in Darfur.' Check the box next to 'Darfur' so markers appear over the region.Double-click the word 'Darfur' to automatically zoom in on the region. 3. Use mouse or navigation tools in top-right corner to move around the map.

By: saraswati

saraswati — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:10:28 -0800

4. Make her open the... Oh, nevermind.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:45:22 -0800

Khartoum is using Google Earth itself. "They are using Google Earth to intimidate NGOs in the Darfur area. They go up to NGOs and tell them, 'We are using Google Earth, we can monitor your activities.'" How daft.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:12:09 -0800

Wow... atrocities you can see from space. Yay for science.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:43:22 -0800

Oh man, you mean you want me to work at this? *awaits one-link YouTube post*

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:58:57 -0800

China's verdict on the state of Darfur

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:00:19 -0800

You mean corporations care about things like this?

By: mendel

mendel — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:36:32 -0800

Best of the standalone application. (Seriously, this is neat, but it's not on the web.)