How Google Earth Mapped 98% of the World

The five-year-old boarded another train thinking his brother was on it. But at the end of the journey, he found himself in entirely new and unfamiliar territory. Saroo was one among the million daily passengers who pass through the largest railway complex in India, Howrah Station in the city of Kolkata, some 1,500 km from his home. After spending many homeless days in the train station, he eventually found himself in a government center for abandoned children. From there, the Brierley family from Australia eventually adopted him. Saroo spent the rest of his life in Australia, 10,000 kilometers away from home. But the quest to find his birth family never waned. <a href="https://onezero.medium.com/how-google-earth-mapped-98-of-the-world-7cf0445690ae">Visit Now</a>