Power of the Learned People
Two very smart kids put together http://www.scipionus.com/, a wiki map of the New Orleans area to help map out the situation for everyone looking for information about their houses and friends.
"The site is the brainchild of Jonathan Mendez, a 24-year-old computer programmer living in Austin, Texas. Mendez says he grew frustrated combing message boards trying to find out if his family home -- the one his parents and brother had just fled from -- had been destroyed.
Mendez turned to his co-worker, Greg Stoll, a 23-year-old software engineer who had experimented with Google Maps' API, and asked him to code a way for people to report and find damage assessments on a Google Map. "
People are linking all kinds of useful information. For example, looking through the maps, you can see as if you were there.
via Wired.
"The site is the brainchild of Jonathan Mendez, a 24-year-old computer programmer living in Austin, Texas. Mendez says he grew frustrated combing message boards trying to find out if his family home -- the one his parents and brother had just fled from -- had been destroyed.
Mendez turned to his co-worker, Greg Stoll, a 23-year-old software engineer who had experimented with Google Maps' API, and asked him to code a way for people to report and find damage assessments on a Google Map. "
People are linking all kinds of useful information. For example, looking through the maps, you can see as if you were there.
via Wired.
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