Google Earth Sri Lanka

Google Earth Images of Sri Lanka

Google Earth lets you visit places without meeting the locals. Which is sad since quite a bit of context of the places are missed. I’ve tried to compensate with these blog posts about the places visited on Google Earth. The latest post is listed first.

2009

• LTTE’s human shields: April 2009 satellite images of refugees trapped by terrorist
• Terrorist held areas in Sri Lanka – Mullativu Google Earth
• Last terrorist stronghold in Sri Lanka from Google Earth (Palamattalam/Puthumathalan area north of Mullativu)
• Anuradapura Sri Lanka Air Force base: updated Google Earth view (unofficial SLAF day post)

2008

• Vavuniya Special Forces HQ from Google Earth
• Trincomalee Sri Lanka Navy Docks
• Sri Lanka Navy operation site – North Western Sri Lanka
• LTTE graveyard Mulankavil
• LTTE suicide bomber training camp from Google Earth
• How to track commercial spy satellites over Sri Lanka
• War Story Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka air force helicopter gun-ships Vavuniya – Military bases Google Earth
• Terrorist base from Google Earth?
• Sri Lankan Navy craft off Jaffna Google Earth
• LTTE Sea Tiger / Sri Lanka Navy craft? visible on Google Earth
• Muhamalai Exit/entry point to LTTE held territory on Google Earth
• Forward Defence Lines, Nagar Kovil, Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka
• Muhamalai Forward Defence Lines, Jaffna peninsula Google Earth image
• LTTE X-Ray base location area, Google Earth image

2007

• Vellamullavaikkal/Ellamulavaikkal LTTE base Google Earth
• Utopian travels in Rural Sri Lanka – Google Earth view: Lamasooriya village geo blogged
• Eelam House, London. Not in Sri Lanka (physically) but what the heck, its MY blog
• Padaviya on Google Earth: travels of a Sri Lankan medicall student & blogger (doctor 0.5)
• Armoured vehicles of Elephant pass
• Omanthai Crossing Point
• Urban public housing in Sri Lanka: a childhood’s view (Summit flats, Colombo)
• LTTE artillery position Kalmunai point near Pooneryn
• Iranamadu – smaller LTTE airstrip
• Thoppigala mountain, LTTE gravesite
  
• Punchi theatre Colombo
• Colombo Museum
• Used bookshops Colombo
• Buddhist Temples Colombo – Asokaramaya
• Udappuwa / Udappu Sri Lanka
• LTTE airstrip Iranamadu - got quite a few comments
• Castle Hotel, Slave Island
• First “official” geoblog post: St. Lucia’s Cathedral, Kotahena, Colombo and how it all started. I don’t know the “why” of it.
• Barefoot Cafe Colombo (the prototype)