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Take a virtual field trip with Google Earth! Google Earth is a free, online application that uses satellite imagery to allow the user to zoom across the globe in a realistic, virtual environment. Downloading Google Earth is free at http://www.earth.google.com. An overview manual is available by clicking here... Google Earth Overview (342.0K)
To continue: - Make sure you have the Google Earth software installed and running. - Copy the following latitude and longitude and paste into the "Fly to" field under the Search tab. - Hit "Enter" for Google Earth to take you to the specified coordinates, then come back here and read the following overview.
Latitude/Longitude: -22.8503, -43.2856
Shantytowns exist in many areas. Here are three examples in some of the world's largest cities. The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is one of the most densely crowded shantytowns in the world, with more than 45,000 people per hectare. An estimated 700,000 people live in the Kibera area of Nairobi, but that number is growing rapidly. The Rio place marker marks one of many informal neighborhoods in Rio. Zoom in near the marker to see the clustered housing and irregular streets in this neighborhood. Many other informally developed neighborhoods can be found in other parts of Rio.
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