Tomnod
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| Project to map significant events using satellite images | |
| languages | English |
| operator | DigitalGlobe |
| http://www.tomnod.com | |
Tomnod ( Mongolian for "big eye") was a crowd-based project to evaluate satellite images after natural disasters and major events. Users search satellite imagery provided by DigitalGlobe for destruction, debris, broken roads and similar objects. Rescue workers and disaster relief organizations benefit from the data, as they are relieved of the time-consuming reconstruction work.
Tomnod originally began as a research project for the University of California's San Diego branch . Shay Har-Noy, Luke Barrington, Nate Ricklin and Albert Yu Min Lin founded Tomnod in 2010. Three years later Tomnod was acquired by DigitalGlobe. Tomnod became famous when it helped the UNHCR in 2011 to count and locate refugee camps in Somalia . Other projects included the search for Genghis Khan's grave , the inventory of damage after Typhoon Haiyan , and the search for the missing aircraft on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 .
The project was discontinued on August 1, 2019.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Meier: How the Search for Genghis Khan Helped the United Nations Map Refugees in Somalia ( English ) National Geographic. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ↑ Aarian Marshall: How Amateur Mappers Are Helping Recovery Efforts In Nepal ( English ) Citilab. April 28, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ↑ Tomnod. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
