Google Earth has uncovered concentration and detention camps that the North Korean government have been trying to keep secret for years.
According to organizations like One Free Korea and The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, around 200,000 people are being held in these camps.
Using satellite images, the data was compiled on Google’s Map Maker tool, which allowed users to contribute information, marking off many of the sites.
Jayanth Mysore, senior product manager at Google Map Maker, said: “For a long time, one of the largest places with limited map data has been North Korea. But today we are changing that…as a result, the world can access maps of North Korea that offer much more information and detail than before.”
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