http://www.tomnod.com/campaign/african_villages_01/polygon/13946

A worthy cause.

CC

Hi CC :) could you give me a brief outline of what happens with tomnod - not the cause as such because I'm sure its worthy - more the computing side. Since returning to crunching projects other than seti I've been having... some issues with my computer... and frowning at it hasn't instilled it with a desire to behave... yet :)

Hi Anniet!

Tomnod is a service offered by Digital Globe, who offers to position their satellites for a given area to take detailed photos. The Tomnod part is a consensus algorithm, where people look at the photo given and follow whatever marking rules are given for that particular search, and then mark the photo. A consensus is then taken as to how many participants agree upon whether object "a" is a possibility for further search. It has been used for the search of downed airliners, ships and crew, and biological surveys, among other things.

Currently, the Tomnod system is using a very simple search on a map, looking to find isolated villages that may need medical help. The search is within a defined area of polygons, and in this one, you just click that, yes, there is a building, or no, there is not.


http://www.tomnod.com

Thanks for looking.

CC

Okay! Thanks CC :) Off to tomnod now... :)

Thx CC... They had to call off the search for that Malaysian boeing due to the darkness.

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Thx CC... They had to call off the search for that Malaysian boeing due to the darkness.

And the search, carried out by air and ship, has so far proved to be very difficult because of bad weather with strong winds and rain.

News update.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/search-plane-spots-shadow-seabed-believed-airasia-jet-082217959.html

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This now the third thread on this matter .....

Cafe

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How many more ???

This is a thread about using satellite images to help in the search

An as such if fine.

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