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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Greek forests turn to Google for post-fires protection AFP - Wednesday, May 20 ATHENS (AFP) - - The head of a Greek forest destroyed by a wave of wildfires in 2007 that killed 77 people said Tuesday that rangers are using old Internet satellite photography to protect land from illegal housebuilding. ADVERTISEMENT "We are using Google Earth's photographs from before the fires as a reference point to prevent all illegal exploitation or theft" of some 25,000 hectares of woodlands in the country's south-west, said Dionysos Thomopoulos. The forestry decision will bring some relief to the US company, which on Monday saw its popular urban feature -- Street View -- banned from taking any more images on the nation's streets over fears of privacy invasions. "It's much more practical than traditional aerial photographs, because we have the exact geographical co-ordinates which we can compare with our measurements on the ground," Thomopoulos added. Even in the absence of a natural disaster such as the heatwaves that devastated around 270,000 hectares (667,000 acres) of forest and farmland, Greece is prone to seeing land grabbed for rogue property speculation. However, Thomopoulos said that "people are beginning to show understanding," saying there are "far fewer attempts" at using fire-ravaged forest land for illegal private use. Costas Kalabokidis, a natural disaster researcher, said after the 2007 fires that many Greeks would be willing to turn a blind eye to a burning forest if they could build a summer home on the embers. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: Internet Portals & Search Engines Google develops algorithm to stem talent loss: WSJAFP - Wednesday, May 20 AFP launches mobile phone football appAFP - Wednesday, May 20 Jordan queen sees role for Twitter in promoting educationAFP - Wednesday, May 20 Israelis warned of online spy threatAFP - Wednesday, May 20 Related Articles: Technology Google adds automatic translation to GmailAFP - Wednesday, May 20 HP profits lower, to cut nearly 6,400 workersAFP - Wednesday, May 20 AFP launches mobile phone football appAFP - Wednesday, May 20 Jordan queen sees role for Twitter in promoting educationAFP - Wednesday, May 20 Israelis warned of online spy threatAFP - Wednesday, May 20 Enlarge Photo A wild oxeye daisy grows in the remains of burnt forest at the archeological site of ancient Olympia in 2007. The head of a Greek forest destroyed by a wave of wildfires in 2007 that killed 77 people said Tuesday that rangers are using old Internet satellite photography to protect land from illegal housebuilding. Related Photos Slideshow Full Photo Coverage: Internet Portals & Search Engines Related Full Coverage Internet Portals & Search Engines Latest development in the online world All Full Coverage Most Popular – Technology Viewed Popular cereal is a drug, US food watchdog says Astronauts poised for farewell to revamped Hubble Coral Triangle could die by century's end: WWF British store admits it boobed in bra row Australian zoo evacuated after orangutan escape View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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