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MY PHNOM PENH: Ian Thomas, cartographer
Briton Ian Thomas has been in Cambodia since 2001, when he came to map land mines for the Halo Trust in Siem Reap. Now he maps water resources for his own research group, Mekong Consultants. He chatted with Brent Crane about some of the best Cambodia data maps around.
Angelina Jolie Maps
When I first came to Cambodia, Halo Trust had this cupboard of maps. The villagers would hand draw the landmine maps of the area and maybe if there was an accident, they would draw a skull and crossbones on the map. Where they found a mine or UXO, they would mark it. This is the product of those maps. We got money from Google to put it in there and Angelina Jolie gave lots of money as well. Lots of people gave lots of money. When I first came to Cambodia, it was 2,000 or so people getting hurt every year from UXOs and now it’s dropped down to about 100 to 200. So we’ve done something right. The great thing about landmines is, once they’re gone, they’re gone.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/...as-cartographer
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Una splendida notizia, insomma 
Grazie Bruna!  
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