N Korean Rocket Debris on Google Maps

In April North Korea is planning to launch a rocket to put a satellite into orbit. Debris from the second stage of North Korea's rocket is expected to fall just east of Luzon in the Philippines.

Philippines television network ABS-CBN has created a Google Map to show where the debris from the rocket is likely to fall.

Accompanying the map is information about where debris from the first stage of the rocket is expected to land (in waters west of South Korea).

Hat-tip: Street View Funny

Virtual Vigil on Google Maps

Virtual Vigil

Two US journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee of Current TV, are currently being detained in North Korea. The London Times say that the pair face the "possibility of a show trial and ten years in a notoriously harsh North Korean prison camp."

Mike Knapp, a former Google employee turned entrepreneur has created this Google Maps mashup so that you can show your support for the two journalists. The mashup allows you to join a virtual vigil for the release of Laura and Euna. The vigil is held over Pyongyang, where the pair are being detained, on Google Maps.

To add your support you just need to log in with a Google account, choose an avatar and leave a message of support. Your message will then be added to the other messages of support on the satellite image of Pyongyang on this Google Map.

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