How Google Maps Helps To Clear Landmines | TechTree.com

How Google Maps Helps To Clear Landmines

An NPO uses Google's mapping data for landmine clearance in post-conflict areas.

 

Now in the past, Google Maps have been a part of some interesting stories of human relevance. These go beyond catching a bus/train, or driving to an unknown destination. In a blog post, Google explains how HALO Trust, a UK-based non-profit organisation used Google Maps for Business to clear well over 1.4 million landmines across the world in post-conflict areas.

The company uses Google Maps and Earth Pro along with GPS tracking to warn of explosives buried under the earth, so that it can be neutralised. The video below chronicles the tale of the city of Kosovo, where the conflict ended in 1999, and the company gets information of live mines from the farming communities and locals. Check it out for more details.


TAGS: Internet, Culture, Google

 
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