Google Maps’ New Target: North Korea

Google Maps’ New Target: North Korea

  Google公布北韓最新地圖 大膽標示勞改營

右邊是新版北韓地圖(法新社)

Google執行董事長施密特私訪北韓數週後，Google廿九日推出詳細的北韓地圖，提供首都平壤的精確面貌，不僅標出醫院、地鐵站和學校，甚至聲名狼藉、地處偏遠的集中營也標示出來。雖然出了首都後地圖便有些模糊，但在概觀圖上還是可見連串城市大小的灰色區域，放大近看可看出是廣大的勞改營。Google Map 資深產品經理邁索爾表示，北韓地圖的繪製是靠「一群平民製圖師」的協助。可惜的是，資訊受到嚴格管控的北韓人並無法享受到Google Map的好處。 （圖︰法新社／文︰國際中心）http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabodh_Chandra_Bagchi

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