Now I can't do this from my cubicle, because I'm to busy, first of all and secondly, the network nazis will find the unauthorized Google software on my machine and remove it with haste and vigor.
But anyway, this story from NPR really got my attention this morning. Billionaire Richard Branson, who is buddies with the missing Fossett figured out with a few phone calls and $100,000, that Google Earth software, using brand new satelite pictures could be used to search the 6,000 square miles of western Nevada where Fossett went missing. After that, Google hooked up with Amazon.com where you can go, subscribe and help search the desert from your cubicle!
I think this is the most interesting integration of technology for a practical purpose that I've heard about for quite some time. There are now thousands of folks burning their work hours searching 9000 square foot sections of Nevada desert and marking and indicating whether something is there that needs to be investigated by people on the ground. It didn't cost much money, the satelite pictures were updated in just a day or two and the resolution is good down to being able to identify things just about 3-4 feet in size.
That's just cool!
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