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03.30.08

Geospatial Technologies & The Art of Destruction

by Ziya Tong Department: Technology

The images below may look like pieces of modern art, but they're actually hi-res shots of human rights violations around the world. Developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project uses GIS & satellite imagery to get a bird's eye view of destruction on the ground.

Used where eyewitness reports are difficult to verify, the before & after images clearly corroborate reports of violence and ethnic cleansing, as villages, crops and livestock are quite literally wiped off the map.

The town of Tserona in Eritrea before and after the Ethiopian occupation. © 2007 GeoEye

What's left of housing & infrastructure in the Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip. © 2007 GeoEye

Villages in Northern Darfur before and after attack. © 2007 DigitalGlobe Inc.

For a more detailed look into how geospatial technologies are being used for this important project, check out a full interview with Lars Bromley, the AAAS' Human Rights Project director in this month's PingMag.