Information Madness

Google reacted to the devastating earthquake hit Haiti earlier this week by providing satellite images of the destruction in Google Earth and Google Maps. These images will prove to be a  helpful tool for aid organizations that are planning to assess the damage to Haiti's infrastructure


Google says it will soon update the Haiti layer as more data and images become available, but Google Earth users need to download the KML file once.

The best way to understand the devastation is to compare before and after images by switching the Haitian layer on and off.

The entire region of the earthquake hit tiny nation, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, is still unknown, the death toll is expected to reach over 200,000.

If you are willing to make a contribution to Haitian relief efforts,  watch out for fake charities, and security firm Symantec has noted that e-mail scams pleading for aid have begun to roll out.