How a Nonprofit Clears Land Mines With a Google Map and Trowels
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Most people use Google Maps to get directions. Luan Jaupi uses Google's software to help prevent his colleagues from getting their legs blown off.
Jaupi is the information-technology officer at HALO Trust, a nonprofit that specializes in identifying and helping to clear land mines in war-torn countries. Since 2006, the group has used Google Earth to plot mine fields and track clearance efforts.