Prison map
by zoss in egyptos, right
Suehp Rom over at Or Does It Explode posts about a Tunisian exile producing a Tunisian prison map:
Sami Ben Gharbia, a Tunisian exile blogging from the Netherlands at Fikra, has made an important contribution to contextualizing and situating human rights abuses in Tunisia. Using “mashup” technology to match a database to Google Earth maps, he has produced an interactive online Tunisian Prison Map.
What would it take to make an Egyptian one? I mean I have no idea where to start with something like this, but we have not only one Gharbeia of our own, but two. I am guessing Mostafa and Alaa would be able (and possibly interested) too. So, boys, I’m ready when you are.
Comment by Alaa — 27/9/2006 @ 17:45
it can be done, prisons aren’t secret in Egypt.
but it sounds like a lot of effort to make one and not sure how useful it would be.
Comment by zoss — 27/9/2006 @ 17:54
Alaa; Maybe it won’t be useful to you–cause you know this information already–but a lot of people don’t. And this would be just a way of presenting the information. Some people like looking at GUIs. As Suehp Rom says:
Since I can’t gauge the exact time and effort that would go into such a thing, I have no way of judging if it’s worth it.
Comment by Alaa — 28/9/2006 @ 12:06
it’s worth it if you’re passionate about it. but yeah it is a time consuming process. however if anyone is interested I can help with pointers.
Comment by zoss — 29/9/2006 @ 2:06
Your pointers would be very much appreciated Alaa. But before I take of your time, let me look some stuff up, and see if I can rally a couple more people. You will hear from me soon.
Anybody else interested?
Comment by Amr Gharbeia — 6/10/2006 @ 23:51
Sami has done a fantastic job. The map is very attractive. However, I think the priority should be at profiling people: who tortured how many? Who beat up whom? When? Where? This last “where” is where a geographical represenation comes in useful.