There's a new sight on Apple Maps, and is also viewable from space: it's the "Black Lives Matter" mural painted on one of the streets to the White House.
In a report on Business Insider, Apple has updated its satellite image in Maps to feature the huge yellow letters, the symbol of solidarity with racial justice after the killing of African-American George Floyd. Even the mayor is sharing it on Twitter.
The mural to the White House
It is located along 16th Street and is viewable in the app. Artists painted this work after the go-signal from Mayor Bowser. He also renamed this area of the street Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Even Google Maps, Bing, and Waze have updated their platforms to feature the paintings on Black Lives Matter Plaza. However, according to the reports, Google and Bing's satellite maps have yet to add the mural.
If you have an iOS device or Mac with you, the image can now be viewable.
Thousands of people are marching outside the streets, relentlessly despite the threat from COVID-19 to protest the death of Floyd under police custody on May 25. Right now, the protests have gone beyond the United States and are now being staged in London, United Kingdom, and Berlin, Germany.
You awake? Here’s the view from space. https://t.co/w2LETH7pWE — Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) June 6, 2020
Tech giants Apple and Google have already pledged millions of dollars in a donation to help civil rights groups end racial injustice. Part of the donations is going to black communities. Apple's CEO Tim Cook, also issued an open letter speaking about racism. The letter is viewable on Apple's official website.
Part of the letter read, "I have heard from so many that you feel afraid - afraid in your communities, afraid in your daily lives, and, most cruelly of all, afraid in your own skin. We can have no society worth celebrating unless we can guarantee freedom from fear for every person who gives this country their love, labor, and life."
“Maxar collected this high-res image of today’s protests in Wash, D.C., calling attention to the long history of racial injustice in our nation. We’re guided by our values & driven by a core belief that Earth Intelligence brings transparency for a better world.” D. Jablonsky, CEO pic.twitter.com/LefEQlNPKC — Maxar Technologies (@Maxar) June 6, 2020
Seen from space
This new mural in Washington, D.C., can also be seen from space. Planet Labs posted the satellite image on their Twitter page on Friday. The image is shared by Mayor Bowser. Maxar Technologies also shared these satellite images. It featured both the mural and the protesters.
The strong yellow letters reading "Black Lives Matter" are covering two blocks of 16th Street, one of the streets leading to the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It filled the width of the street in two lanes. In the image on Planet Labs, the mural looked beautiful along with puffy clouds. Many people are gathering to see and take photos of the mural, as seen in the photograph by Maxar Technologies.
"We're guided by our values and driven by a core belief that Earth Intelligence brings transparency for a better world," D. Jablonsky, Maxar Technologies CEO stated on Saturday, June 6.
Bowser, who commissioned the mural, expressed on social media, "It has been a long time coming, but I know. I know -- change will come." The protests are on-going.
