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13th Oct 2013; 2:25PM
Internet Giant Google has launched an open source software "Person Finder" to help rescue or find victims affected by Phailin cyclone in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The company has set up a Crisis Response team to assist the governments in rescue & rehabilitation of cyclone victims. Google has raised its concern on rescuing people as it did during Uttrakhand flood this year. The open source software designed by google will help people to find any missing person or anyone can submit the details of any person who is in distress or has been found.
Below is the snapshot of the application:
Google is also working with Airtel to send sms blasts to all of its users.
Google also launched a crisis map to locate cyclone hit areas, power outages, shelters, medical and supply facilities and others. The web pages also contains emergency Phone numbers..
The maps have been set up by netizens who call themselves 'digital humanitarian volunteers' or so called CrisisMappers. The online volunteers along with on-the-ground relief mates from different places, including volunteers of StandBy Task Force, OpenCrisis, Info4Disasters, and several university students are working on the map.
Cortesy: Economic times, Google
13th Oct 2013; 2:25PM
Internet Giant Google has launched an open source software "Person Finder" to help rescue or find victims affected by Phailin cyclone in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The company has set up a Crisis Response team to assist the governments in rescue & rehabilitation of cyclone victims. Google has raised its concern on rescuing people as it did during Uttrakhand flood this year. The open source software designed by google will help people to find any missing person or anyone can submit the details of any person who is in distress or has been found.
Below is the snapshot of the application:
Google is also working with Airtel to send sms blasts to all of its users.
Google also launched a crisis map to locate cyclone hit areas, power outages, shelters, medical and supply facilities and others. The web pages also contains emergency Phone numbers..
The maps have been set up by netizens who call themselves 'digital humanitarian volunteers' or so called CrisisMappers. The online volunteers along with on-the-ground relief mates from different places, including volunteers of StandBy Task Force, OpenCrisis, Info4Disasters, and several university students are working on the map.
Cortesy: Economic times, Google
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