Korean Peninsula Shaped Island in North Korea
by Richardson ~ May 28th, 2008. Filed under: Blogs & Blogging, North Korea.North Korean Economy Watch has released North Korea Google Earth (version 10), an amazing compilation of locations that cover;
…North Korea’s agriculture, aviation, cultural locations, markets, manufacturing facilities, railroad, energy infrastructure, politics, sports venues, military establishments, religious facilities, leisure destinations, and national parks. It is continually expanding and undergoing revisions.
The list of updates is extensive. NK Econ Watch provides a file that acts as a layer of bookmarks and descriptions for Google Earth. The data is arranged in many categories and subcategories – you can spend hours going to the sites cataloged. To find out exactly where the island is, look under “other stuff
May 28th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
That’s pretty damned amazing.
I should add that when I first opened up GE after clicking on NKEcon’s update, the whole damn country was carpted in placemarks. It was nothing short of stunning.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
There are so many placemarks that I usually view only a few categories at a time, otherwise it’s too cluttered. For anyone thinking of taking a gander, that’s a very good thing!
May 30th, 2008 at 2:11 am
NKEconWatch’s Google Earth resource is extensive and deserves a lot of praise. Which was why I was so damned puzzled when his blog was not included on wiki.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:23 am
[...] (Hat Tip DPRK Studies) If you have never seen NKEconWatch’s Google Earth resource, you MUST download it now. I thought version 9 was good, but this is nothing short of a work of art. Not too long ago, Google Earth updated the North with more areas that are not fuzzy and NKEconWatch was right on top of it. A LOT of work was obviously put into this this, and I cannot praise this work enough. So from me, I thank Curtis Melvin for his important contributions to the North Korea watcher community. [...]
May 31st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
[...] out this image via DPRK Studies that shows a North Korean island that looks like the Korean [...]
May 31st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
The island picture is pretty incredible, but the mapping work done by NKEconWatch is even more incredible. I can only imagine how long he has been working on this project.
June 1st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Thanks, guys. While we are dishing out complements, I will just say that I have also learned quite a bit from each of you.
I hope you enjoy the file, and if you have any specific quesitons, don’t hesitate to shoot me an email.
-Curtis
June 1st, 2008 at 10:54 pm
[...] will pop out at you:-) Find it in the “Other Stuff” folder of the KML file. (Via DPRK Studies, via ROK [...]
July 15th, 2008 at 10:03 am
[...] will pop out at you:-) Find it in the “Other Stuff” folder of the KML file. (Via DPRK Studies, via ROK [...]