Mapping disaster zones

Illah Nourbakhsh, Randy Sargent, Anne Wright, Kathryn Cramer, Brian McClendon and Michael Jones
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Illah Nourbakhsh: Carnegie Mellon University
Randy Sargent: Carnegie Mellon University
Anne Wright: NASA/Ames
Brian McClendon: Google Earth
Michael Jones: Google Earth

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7078, 787-788

Abstract: Google Earth software proved effective during relief efforts in New Orleans and Pakistan, say Illah Nourbakhsh and colleagues. Is there more to be gained than lost from opening up disaster operations to the wider public?

Date: 2006
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