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April 08, 2008

Home sweet home on Google Earth

Google Earth must have updated its satellite images of Gorom-Gorom in the last month or so, as my home there can now be seen!

Here is the northern section of Gorom-Gorom. By zooming in, I can tell that the picture must have been taken during the first half of 2007, because my house is not yet finished, and just at the bottom of the picture below, the flood victims from 2006 are in their blue UNICEF tarpaulin tent camp following the flood of 2006.

There is a photo of Steve and me sitting on the rock at Tondi Kara here, and of course, pictures of Gorom-Gorom, including the market, and a photo taken from Tondi Kara here.

This is my home, as seen on Google Earth. Looks dry doesn't it...

The photo below was taken maybe a couple of months later. That's Seydou's house on the left, the meeting place in the middle, and my house at the back. Pierre's house is just out of shot to the right:

I haven't worked out how to upload photos to Google Earth yet, nor how to send you a link to my house. (Simple instructions, anyone...?) But if you go to 14°26'56.5"N, and 0°13'40.2"W, that's where you will find me...

Posted by Keith at April 8, 2008 04:20 PM