San Francisco: Baghdad by the Bay is a fascinating mapping experiment by Paula Levine.

In it, she superimposes the initial aerial assault on Baghdad from March 2003 -- over San Francisco. Although its strictly from GPS and web based maps -- there are no renderings of San Fran in ruins -- it is obviously disturbing. After a few minutes, you will want to click the green "stop bombing" button so as to avoid the horrific nonstop noise.

Baghdad <> San Francisco is the first project of the Shadows From Another Place series of hypothetical mappings which use GPS to imagine the impact of cultural and political changes that take place in one location upon another.

Note: The name "Baghdad by the Bay" came from Chronicle Columnist Herb Caen.

Click around the site -- there is a forum developing that is just starting to see some traction . . .

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