“OpenStreetMap is an free and open collaborative map of the entire world. We gather GPS tracks and draw maps over them, in an editable wiki style database. And recently we added aerial imagery to our toolbox, thanks to Yahoo!, so dense urban areas and remote locations can be mapped just by tracing streets in the web browser. This means that OpenStreetMap has the most comprehensive map of Baghdad among any of the web mapping services.”
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2006 Baghdad Reference Map: “The National Geospatail-Intelligence Agency (NGA)…released to the public an update special reference map of Baghdad, Iraq. NGA produced this map as a tool to help its public affairs office and other government public affairs offices in their efforts to discuss issues with the media and public that might be related to the area depicted. The unclassified map, also referred to by some users as a reference graphic, is suitable for reference only and should not be used for any other purpose.”
Iraqis use internet to survive war, by Andrew North, BBC News, Baghdad: “Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad.”
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