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08-06-2016, 05:01 AM
How Google put Rio's favelas on the map in time for the Olympics
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The favelas, or slums, of Rio de Janeiro have had a lot of bad press in the run-up to the Olympics. We've seen stories of violence (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36849995), gun battles (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/americas/brazil-olympics-crime-wave/) and ***ual assault (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/americas/brazil-gang-rape-victim-speaks/). Still, the view from outside is generally worse than from within.
There's a huge amount of **n-violent daily life just going on in the sprawling shanty towns surrounding the Olympic venues, and plenty of areas worth exploring. Until recently, however, they've **t even been on the map — literally.
SEE ALSO: Who and what to watch on every day of the Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/olympic-viewing-guide-day-by-day/)
A mere 0.001 per cent of the city's favelas appeared on maps — and with one in five Rio residents living in them, that meant 1.4 million people had ** address to list on job applications or bank accounts, Google says (https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/explore-rio-from-every-angle.html). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/google-maps-rio-favelas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The favelas, or slums, of Rio de Janeiro have had a lot of bad press in the run-up to the Olympics. We've seen stories of violence (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36849995), gun battles (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/americas/brazil-olympics-crime-wave/) and ***ual assault (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/americas/brazil-gang-rape-victim-speaks/). Still, the view from outside is generally worse than from within.
There's a huge amount of **n-violent daily life just going on in the sprawling shanty towns surrounding the Olympic venues, and plenty of areas worth exploring. Until recently, however, they've **t even been on the map — literally.
SEE ALSO: Who and what to watch on every day of the Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/olympic-viewing-guide-day-by-day/)
A mere 0.001 per cent of the city's favelas appeared on maps — and with one in five Rio residents living in them, that meant 1.4 million people had ** address to list on job applications or bank accounts, Google says (https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/explore-rio-from-every-angle.html). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/google-maps-rio-favelas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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