Posts Tagged: disaster response


Sichuan quake resources online

Google, Baidu and Many Web Companies Set Up ‘People Finder’ Boards After Chinese Quake

By Steven Millward

Shortly after this weekend’s earthquake near the Chinese city of Ya’an in Sichuan provin...

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  • April 22, 2013
  • at 3:57 pm
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Google's Crisis Response map for Typhoon Pablo

Government, Google, and Citizens Come Together for Crisis Response in the Philippines

By Rick Martin

Folks in the Philippines have been hit by another typhoon over the past few days, as Typhoon Pablo h...

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  • December 5, 2012
  • at 11:00 am
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Google Public Alerts for disasters in Japan

Google Launches Online Public Alerts for Disaster Warnings in Japan

By Steven Millward

Japan already has a sophisticated and trigger-quick public alerts system for disasters like earthqua...

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  • March 7, 2013
  • at 4:05 pm
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bigtent

Google Big Tent, and the Discussion of Digital Disaster Response in Japan

By Rick Martin

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has just published a series of videos from its recent Big Tent Japan event that...

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  • July 19, 2012
  • at 10:14 am
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