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The massive oil spill off the coast of the USA has inspired a web designer to create a Google Maps version of it. Using the website http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ you can see the scale of the spill – note that if you centre it on Newcastle, it reaches to Ireland.

by Pete Hindle

Pete is a guest contributor of New Media Monthly. He’s a North East based researcher/artist/thinker/designer/programmer. Read more about Pete in his blog.