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In an interesting development, Google has put refugee camps on its famous Google Earth software. This will help both public and humanitarian organizations to monitor the millions of people living in these refugee camps around the world. I hope we can also do something about them instead of only watching them from satellites while sitting in our cozy rooms on a soft chairs.
Times Online:Google has unveiled a new feature for its popular mapping program that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world.
Users can now download Google Earth software to see satellite images of refugee hot spots such as Darfur, Iraq and Colombia.
The maps are designed to help humanitarian operations as well as to inform the public about the millions who have fled their homes because of political violence, according to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which worked with Google on the project.
“All of the things that we do for refugees in the refugee camps around the world will become more visible,” Craig Johnstone, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, said at the launch of the project in Geneva.
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