Global Deforestation Demoed In Google Earth

eldavojohn writes "On Google's official blog, they claim a 'new technology prototype that enables online, global-scale observation and measurement of changes in the earth's forests.' Ars has more details on what Google unveiled at Copenhagen. If you have Google Earth installed, you can find a demonstration here. Many organizations and government agencies are on board with this initiative to put deforestation before the eyes of the public. If only satellite data of North America existed before the logging industry swept in!" It's interesting to contemplate the implications for intelligence gathering of Google's automated tools to compare satellite photos.

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Can the demo this?

[dwiget001]

The global systematic destruction of human rights in so-called democracies or republics?

That would be a much more telling demo, I am quite certain.

Or, even better, the systematic economic destruction being done by central banks and the IMF?

Re:You might not be as right as you think

[Ziest]

Today we have about as much forest as we did 100 years ago

BULLSHIT. Cite your references.

When Europeans first came to this continent five centuries ago the eastern half, from the shoreline to the Mississippi river, was covered in trees. Now most of that is gone. On my Father's side I am a fifth generation New Yorker. In Great Grandfathers time northern Manhattan was still forest. My Grandfather used to tell me about going up to Harlem to buy vegetables. There are no more farms anywhere on the island of Manhattan. I have relatives living in upstate New York who remember their Fathers and Grandfathers felling trees to clear the land to farm.

Since the end of the second world war very large tracks of land have been turned into suburbs. In my own lifetime, while living in the Tidewater area of southeast Virginia, I have seen large sections of forests flattened to make room for development.
I call bullshit and ask that you cite your reference.