You know something strange is going on in Nepal. ONe thing I see a lot
of people from Nepal here instead of in there country. Then I notic ed
that the show 'Expedition Unknown' is doing a series on the Yeti. Now I
feel like this guy is going around the world and doing undercover
reconossiance under the guise of doing a tv show Then this earthquake
and very little of the damage to the country and peple's homes has been
repaired. All these british and white Americans and Israeli trekking all
through the hills and mountains of this country, what the hell are they
up to? And what's going on that these people are fleeing their country
seemingly in droves? What's up? And strange enough the American nor the british news media haven't reported on what's going on there that much. I ran across this information by accident while surfing the web. What this ain't good enough to make headline news that all these people are leaving their own country in droves? What's going on there?
Colorado’s DigitalGlobe helps earthquake relief organizations in Nepal
A Colorado company is helping relief organizations in Nepal track a
trail of destruction and displacement in hopes of saving lives.
DigitalGlobe, based in Longmont, has been working with organizations like the Red Cross for years, providing satellite images of natural disasters in order to help track destruction and displaced residents.
So far, teams in Nepal have counted more than 5,000 dead, 10,000 injured and roughly 500,000 people who are displaced, and as they work to help them recover, they’re relying on the latest information from DigitalGlobe.
“Timeliness is critical, the sooner you have the right information, the sooner you can respond,” said Kevin Bullock, Director of Product Management for DigitalGlobe. “The first thing the Red Cross and Red Crescent will do is jump in an airplane and travel, or they actually have people there. We`re doing the same thing but from space.”
Within hours of the earthquake, DigitalGlobe was able to gather new satellite images, showing dramatic looks at the country both before and after the quake. Their first priority was finding areas where displaced residents are gathering.
“That`s probably the most important thing right now because relief organizations need to get them supplies,” Bullock said. “So using mapping technology, we can actually give them an answer of, ‘here`s where the relief supplies need to go’ and we can also quantify how big that displaced population is.”
Because the scope of damage, and information, is so big, DigitalGlobe is also looking for volunteers, similar to the RedCross but minus the travel.
“We have over a thousand employees that work at DigitalGlobe, but the data is too large for even our company to sort through," Bullock said. “My kids can do it. My parents can do it.”
Volunteers can take a few minutes or spend hours looking at satellite images on the DigitalGlobe crowdsourcing site called Tomnod.
All you have to do is log on and look for signs of damaged buildings, major destruction or damaged roads.
“I see something here that looks like a damaged building, so I`m going to click this button and mark that this is a damaged building,” Bullock said.
By Tuesday afternoon more than 16,000 thousand volunteers had already marked more than 2,000 damaged buildings, 950 areas of major destruction and 350 damaged roads. The site compares the work of volunteers in order to help eliminate mistakes.
“It`s all about saving resources, saving time, and ultimately the goal is to save lives,” Bullock said.
It's a goal you can help accomplish from anywhere.
Colorado’s DigitalGlobe helps earthquake relief organizations in Nepal
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DigitalGlobe, based in Longmont, has been working with organizations like the Red Cross for years, providing satellite images of natural disasters in order to help track destruction and displaced residents.
So far, teams in Nepal have counted more than 5,000 dead, 10,000 injured and roughly 500,000 people who are displaced, and as they work to help them recover, they’re relying on the latest information from DigitalGlobe.
“Timeliness is critical, the sooner you have the right information, the sooner you can respond,” said Kevin Bullock, Director of Product Management for DigitalGlobe. “The first thing the Red Cross and Red Crescent will do is jump in an airplane and travel, or they actually have people there. We`re doing the same thing but from space.”
Within hours of the earthquake, DigitalGlobe was able to gather new satellite images, showing dramatic looks at the country both before and after the quake. Their first priority was finding areas where displaced residents are gathering.
“That`s probably the most important thing right now because relief organizations need to get them supplies,” Bullock said. “So using mapping technology, we can actually give them an answer of, ‘here`s where the relief supplies need to go’ and we can also quantify how big that displaced population is.”
Because the scope of damage, and information, is so big, DigitalGlobe is also looking for volunteers, similar to the RedCross but minus the travel.
“We have over a thousand employees that work at DigitalGlobe, but the data is too large for even our company to sort through," Bullock said. “My kids can do it. My parents can do it.”
Volunteers can take a few minutes or spend hours looking at satellite images on the DigitalGlobe crowdsourcing site called Tomnod.
All you have to do is log on and look for signs of damaged buildings, major destruction or damaged roads.
“I see something here that looks like a damaged building, so I`m going to click this button and mark that this is a damaged building,” Bullock said.
By Tuesday afternoon more than 16,000 thousand volunteers had already marked more than 2,000 damaged buildings, 950 areas of major destruction and 350 damaged roads. The site compares the work of volunteers in order to help eliminate mistakes.
“It`s all about saving resources, saving time, and ultimately the goal is to save lives,” Bullock said.
It's a goal you can help accomplish from anywhere.
