The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum announced today the update of its Google Earth initiative, Crisis in Darfur, with U.S. Department of State data that shed new light on the extent of the genocide in Darfur.
The new data show that more than 3300 villages have been damaged or destroyed in the Darfur region of Sudan, primarily between 2003 – 2005. This is more than twice the number that were identified in previous U.S. government assessments, and strengthens the evidence of a vast, targeted campaign of destruction against civilians in the region. The updated data come from recent analysis of high resolution satellite imagery, released by the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Department of State in July 2009.
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For the first time, the data in Google Earth also include hundreds of “before and after” satellite images of villages throughout Darfur.
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Crisis in Darfur, a Google Earth layer tracking the path of destruction in Darfur, was launched in April 2007. The following year the Museum launched its second Google Earth initiative, World Is Witness, which brings together testimonies, photographs, videos, and other first-hand data documenting the lives of people affected by contemporary genocide. Both of these layers can be found in Google Earth’s Global Awareness folder under the heading “USHMM,” or at the Museum’s Web site, www.ushmm.org/maps/.
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