See the world’s foreign military bases from outer space

…. Get involved and help locate all foreign military presence!

Wilbert van der Zeijden/Transnational Institute - September 1, 2007, Amsterdam

For the first time, more than 800 foreign military bases are mapped using Google Earth technology. Now you can for the first time see the global reach of foreign military bases from outer space and then zoom in close for aerial shots of key bases such as US base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Nato Headquarters in Skopje Macedonia, or the imposing number of US bases on the small island of Okinawa, Japan.

Download the Google overlay map: Click on the attachment or go to http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?act_id=17252&banner=banner2&keywords=

Download Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Go to the feedback form: Help us map all foreign bases worldwide: http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?&act_id=17124

Together with researchers from US universities, TNI and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, much of the global network of foreign US bases, but also French, British, German, Russian, as well as joint international bases such as NATO and EUFOR bases have all been mapped.

This first Google bases-map is still far from complete. However it is hoped that the map will evolve and improve in the coming months with the help of activist and researcher’s inputs from all over the globe. Help us improve and expand the map by checking the position of a base near you and send us a mail with corrections or additions using the online feedback form, or send an email with more information on precise location of a base to bases@tni.org

Credits: The project of mapping bases was initiated by John Lindsay-Poland, Ethan Flad and Brian McAdoo expanding on map work pioneered by Zoltan Grossman at Evergreen State College in Washington (See Fellowship magazine, Winter 2007 issue (Vol. 73, no. 1-3, www.forusa.org). The work was built on by TNI intern, Lena Strunk using data which is cited for each base.