Ron Schenone

Google Maps & Earth – Red Cross Shelters

Posted by on Sep 19, 2008 | 6 Comments

Over at the Google blog there is an article in which Google Maps & Earth can be used to find Red Cross Shelters in the Texas and Louisiana areas, following Hurricane Ike. Not only is the location of the shelter is included on the map, but also if the shelter provides other services, such as those for special need victims.

The blog also states:

the Red Cross has set up a number of shelters, providing food, safety, shelter, and above all, hope. Working with the Red Cross, we’ve mapped the open American Red Cross Shelters in the states of Texas and Louisiana. These locations, updated every ten minutes, are available to view in Google Earth, or via Google Maps:

If you are a friend, family member or someone else you know lives in these two states, they can use Google Maps or Google Earth to find shelter.

Comments welcome.

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  • http://techtt.hassantt.com Hassan Voyeau

    I agree with you that it’s missing the social network.

  • http://detested.wordpress.com/ Archaeme

    Patience, since everything big & successful now always started small.

  • http://technologyquestions.com/blog LPH

    +1 is a failure for a few reasons: (1) degrades website performance, (2) Only select people can push the button (app users cannot, user names not meeting community standards), (3) only select sites are going to get pushed (unless someone asks friends, family, neighbors, buys it, etc)….

  • http://technologyquestions.com/blog LPH

    I agree that people rushed to put the button on their site out of fear that they would lose position on SERPs.

  • http://www.blackwaterops.com Brandon Wirtz

    The Google +1 to Facebook Like Ratio isn’t fair you put the article link on your FB page and people “like” it so the ratios aren’t going to be the same.

    Also it is easy to see who +1′ed articles, but only if those people are your friends. I like this better, since there is some privacy to what I like.

    Lastly the advantage of +1 is that when I Google something, things my friends +1′ed show at the top of results. Which is a useful feature.

  • http://www.biggerpockets.com Joshua Dorkin

    We’ve had it installed since launch and have had less than a handful of +1s vs hundreds of Tweets and Likes in the same time span. I’m guessing it’ll disappear in the months to come . . .