Google Earth Reflects on Human Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
A Google Earth engineer has launched an extraordinary ‘map of the fallen’ in honor of thousands of brave servicemen and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. A feature developed that allows you to see the each of the 5,700 coalition troops represented by a yellow pin connecting their home town to the spot where they died.
Visitors can view photos of the soldiers, find out how they died and pay their respects in a guest book using Google Earth 5, which is a free software to download. The map, which includes details of American service personnel, contains links to obituaries and memorial sites for the war heroes, with messages from families and friends. The Google Engineer, Sean Askay, began sourcing data from the first death on October, 10 2001 up until March of this year. San Francisco based Google and Mr Askay spent four years creating Map The Fallen. He wrote on his blog: “It’s important to remember that each of these servicemen and women has a rich story.”
