Dictatorship caught exposed by Google Maps satellite data release with images of North Korea gulag

Google had for a long time did not offer satellite images of North Korea

North Korea Is No Longer A Big White Space On Google Maps

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Until Tuesday the Google Maps of North Korea were mostly blank — only the capital of Pyongyang was labeled. But with the help of “citizen cartographers,” Google has released a detailed map revealing roads, train lines, parks, hotels, hospitals, restaurants and even several city-sized labor camp.

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Google unveils detailed N. Korea map… with gulags

AFP – Weeks after its chairman Eric Schmidt’s secretive visit to North Korea, Google has rolled out a detailed map of the isolated state that even labels some of its remote and infamous gulags. Until now North Korea was pretty much a blank canvas to users of Google’s “Map Maker”, which creates maps.

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