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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Disaster Prediction, Social Networking Boosted by Geo-Data Feeds


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USGS survey team member Guy Gelfenbaum stands among snapped trees as he measures how far the coast has subsided along northwest Sumatra after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.

A new computer standard called GeoRSS is now being employed to stream USGS earthquake data into tsunami prediction software. Developers say the GeoRSS application could have many future uses, from disaster warnings to social networking.

Photograph courtesy USGS