With sleuthing and satellite images captured by Google Earth, a dozen or so citizen snoops are filling in the blanks on secretive North Korea's map.
A very interesting article with images at link.
Posted on 05/22/2009 7:51:50 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
With Sleuthing and Satellite Images, Mr. Melvin Fills the Blanks on a Secretive Nation's Map
SEOUL -- In the propaganda blitz that followed North Korea's missile launch last month, the country's state media released photos of leader Kim Jong Il visiting a hydroelectric dam and power station.
Images from the report showed two large pipes descending a hillside. That was enough to allow Curtis Melvin, a doctoral candidate at George Mason University in suburban Virginia, to pinpoint the installation on his online map of North Korea.
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With sleuthing and satellite images captured by Google Earth, a dozen or so citizen snoops are filling in the blanks on secretive North Korea's map.
A very interesting article with images at link.
Isn’t this the gentleman that North Korea’s trying to arrest on espionage charges?
bttt
If there is a Red X go to http://doctorbulldog.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/northkorea-at-night.jpg
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