Kenyan election violence -- the Google Maps mashup

Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 7, 2008 12:18 PM | permalink

Rob sez, "A group of bloggers focusing on the election violence in Kenya are attempting to chronicle incidents of violence through mashups of Google Maps, photos, and news reports."

From Kenya Pundit:"It occurs to me that it will be useful to keep a record of this, if one is thinking long-term. For the reconciliation process to occur at the local level the truth of what happened will first have to come out. Guys looking to do something - any techies out there willing to do a mashup of where the violence and destruction is occurring using Google Maps?"

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#1 posted by Kieran O'Neill , January 8, 2008 12:45 PM

Erm. Why are there no comments on this? Have they been disabled, or do people just not care?

Cool project, though, especially if they get a TRC up and running after the madness is over. Of course, it could end up being used as a tool for retribution. Such is the power of information, I guess.