Google Earth gives more detailed information on destruction in Darfur

I first covered Crisis in Darfur over two years ago. Google and the US Holocaust Museum are now providing more detailed information through Google Earth of atrocities on the ground. As Google notes in its Google Earth blog, Now the Museum is providing, through its partnership with Google Earth, the most detailed picture to date […]

Google Earth in the browser. So what?

I’ve been working on Google Maps (GM) quite a bit lately to map incidents and trends related to humanitarian access, election violence and human rights. It’s exciting to note that Google has now released a Google Earth (GE) plug-in for browsers that allows for a richer, 3D experience provided you have the bandwidth to spare. […]