Not so lonely anymore

Never underestimate the power of the internet. And that goes for you too Kim Jong Il.
According to a story on the Sydney Morning Herald website, a group of amateur spies has used Google Earth to provide a rare glimpse inside North Korea, one of the world's most secretive countries.
By default the Google Earth map of North Korea is completely bare, with no roads or landmarks labelled. Over two years, US doctoral student Curtis Melvin and other volunteers pored over news reports, images, accounts, books and maps painstakingly identifying and locating thousands of buildings, monuments, missile-storage facilities, mass graves, secret labour camps, palaces, restaurants, tourist sites, main roads and even the entrance to the country's subterranean nuclear test base.
The result, North Korea Uncovered, is one of the most detailed maps of North Korea available to the public today. The small file, which can be installed on top of Google Earth, has been downloaded more than 47,000 times since an updated version was released last month.
Among the most notable findings is the site of mass graves created in the 1990s following a famine that the UN estimates killed about two million people.
"We have portrayed things about which they are most proud and ashamed," Melvin said in an email interview.
More power to you Curtis, keep up the good work!

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