
Google Inc, whose motto is 8220;Don8217;t Be Evil8221;, has launched an initiative designed to highlight some.
A scan of the globe using the Google Earth satellite mapping programme shows a large swathe of Central Africa trimmed in orange. If you zoom in, the words Crisis in Darfur appear, along with icons of flames marking 1,600 villages destroyed in fighting between government militias and rebels that has led to the deaths of more than 200,000 people.
Each pop-up window on Crisis in Darfur includes a How Can I Help? link that has information from the museum, such as relief organisation and government sites.
The Google Earth feature, unveiled on Tuesday, is a collaboration of the Internet company and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The brainchild of Andria Ruben McCool, a former Google employee, the project uses enhanced satellite images combined with downloadable photos, video and other data from the museum8217;s Genocide Prevention Initiative.