BP, blowout preventers, and crowdsourcing

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via http://oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/ Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a non-profit organization based in New Orleans, has launched a database built on the Ushahidi platform (which aggregates text messages, calls and e-mails into a visually mapped and searchable database) to track the effects of the Gulf oil spill to direct first responders to where help is most urgently needed. 

Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS)

Developing countries excluding Least Developed...
Developing countries excluding Least Developed Countries (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

via www.ushahidi.com

My friend Bill told me about this company which uses crowdsourcing to address crisis situations in developing countries.