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Map the Fallen: Tracking Coalition Deaths on Memorial Day
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by Jordan Yerman | May 25, 2009 at 06:29 am
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In time for Memorial Day, Google engineer Sean Askay has launched Map the Fallen, an interactive map that chronologically pinpoints the dates and locations of each coalition death since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began.
The link below points to Askay's build blog, as well as a download point for the plugin, which runs on Google Maps.
The interactive map (which requires Google Earth 5.0) also traces the lines connecting each of the fallen soldiers to their hometown and can be viewed chronologically, starting with the first death in Afghanistan of a U.S. soldier on Oct. 10, 2001.
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at 07:41 on May 25th, 2009
perhaps it will be easier to assess the costs of war by visualising it.
at 07:43 on May 25th, 2009
That should be an eye opener. I wish we would do the same for all conflicts, it may bring peace or at least help to do so.