Interestingly, GoogleEarth has removed the Abkhazia and S. Ossetia borders that they displayed just the day before yesterday. Hmmm …

I wanted to get a feel for the 6km security zone that the Russians can patrol until international peacekeepers arrive, but I can’t.

(Well, I suppose that I could buy the professional edition and search around for some GIS data … )

Mark Maps,

Yeah, I think that Turkey is understandably playing everybody to their best advantage. It’s a tough neighborhood …