World Incident Map
Christmahanikwanzikah
19-01-2007, 07:32
http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php
this isnt really a thread about an argument... this link is just a cool site one of my parents emailed me that updates terror-related incidents around the world.
except there are some major errors on it... :-)
the first one i clicked on was the (only) one in australia, something about a radioactive canister found on the road... they have it on the map in canberra (the capital), near parliment - but the article they link puts it on the other side of the country in a mining town... - and says it probably fell off a truck, landing in the road where it was found...
dunno about the rest - gave up at that point...
Christmahanikwanzikah
19-01-2007, 09:10
except there are some major errors on it... :-)
the first one i clicked on was the (only) one in australia, something about a radioactive canister found on the road... they have it on the map in canberra (the capital), near parliment - but the article they link puts it on the other side of the country in a mining town... - and says it probably fell off a truck, landing in the road where it was found...
dunno about the rest - gave up at that point...
eh, i know its not perfect... hell, some of the posts are just quips of speeches against it.
still, its (possibly) a better tool than dragnetting the internet
The Infinite Dunes
19-01-2007, 10:30
I liked the news item about idf soldiers and Ramallah... I'm pretty damn certain it was pointing directly at Jerusalem... well it made me giggle...
(yes, I know Ramallah is only 10km north of Jerusalem)
BLARGistania
19-01-2007, 10:39
this is kinda neat.
Christmahanikwanzikah
19-01-2007, 10:45
i just noticed... if you zoom in close enough to a body of water or any color that will show white text, you can clearly see a Google copyright on the picture.
lol
Harlesburg
19-01-2007, 11:58
They used to sell something similiar to these in Newspapers and such in Dublly Two so all the little kiddies could look at how well the Great British Empiah was clobbering the Bosche.:)
Wilgrove
19-01-2007, 12:00
You can clearly see "power by google" in the bottom left.. It's no secret they're using google earth for their map.
I smell lawsuit.
i just noticed... if you zoom in close enough to a body of water or any color that will show white text, you can clearly see a Google copyright on the picture.You can clearly see "power by google" in the bottom left.. It's no secret they're using google earth for their map.
Psychotic Mongooses
19-01-2007, 20:55
What a pointlessly retarded website. The least they could do is get basic geography correct.
Greyenivol Colony
19-01-2007, 21:35
At last! I have always wanted my superficial paranoias to be pin-pointed on a satellite map, and now, thanks to this website, I can!!!
I smell lawsuit.Really? Smelled like fair use to me. I'm pretty sure googlemaps is created with just such applications in mind.
Plenty of other websites that do similar things.