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Title: Google maps Australia's bushfires to help emergency services Post by: Alex on February 09, 2009, 08:15:03 PM Google maps Australia's bushfires to help emergency services
The death toll from wildfires in Victoria State, Southern Australia has reached at least 108, the worst in the country's history. Entire towns in Victoria state were destroyed as fires were fanned by extreme temperatures and wind. Thousands of firefighters, aided by the army, are battling the bush fires. Timely help comes from the Google's Australian engineers who have created a Flash map to keep track of the deadly bushfires and help take off the traffic load to web sites coordinating emergency services. The maps contain real-time information about the fire locations and their status from the State of Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA) website via an RSS feed with address search functionality. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/Mi7QaAVNrXg/google-maps-australias-bushfires-to-help-emergency-services |