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==History==
==History==
Immediately after the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] a group of 20% volunteer engineers developed Person Finder.<ref name="twenty">{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/17/technology/google_person_finder_japan/index.htm?hpt=T2 | title=Google gives '20%' to Japan crisis | publisher=''[[CNN]]'' | date=March 17, 2011 | last=Goldman | first=David}}</ref> The software was based on Ka-Ping Yee's work on the [http://webarchive.loc.gov/lcwa0001/20010914220553/http://safe.millennium.berkeley.edu September 11 survivor registry] and on the [[People Finder Interchange Format|PFIF]] data standard.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/05/business/la-fi-google-peoplefinder-20110405 | title=Google's Person Finder helps locate loved ones in Japan | publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | date=April 5, 2011 | last=Olivarez-Giles | first=Nathan}}</ref> Google also worked with the [[United States Department of State]] to create an embeddable version, which was embedded on the State Department's website and other websites. Google Person Finder launched in English, French, and [[Haitian Creole]] on January 15, less than three days after the earthquake.<ref name="googleblog">{{cite web | url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/staying-connected-in-post-earthquake.html | title=Staying connected in post-earthquake Haiti | publisher=''[[Google|Google Blog]]'' | date=January 15, 2010 | author=Jacquelline Fuller, Prem Ramaswami}}</ref>
Immediately after the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] a group of 20% volunteer engineers developed Person Finder.<ref name="twenty">{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/17/technology/google_person_finder_japan/index.htm?hpt=T2 | title=Google gives '20%' to Japan crisis | publisher=''[[CNN]]'' | date=March 17, 2011 | last=Goldman | first=David}}</ref> The software was based on Ka-Ping Yee's work on the [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20010914220553/http://safe.millennium.berkeley.edu September 11 survivor registry] and on the [[People Finder Interchange Format|PFIF]] data standard.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/05/business/la-fi-google-peoplefinder-20110405 | title=Google's Person Finder helps locate loved ones in Japan | publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | date=April 5, 2011 | last=Olivarez-Giles | first=Nathan}}</ref> Google also worked with the [[United States Department of State]] to create an embeddable version, which was embedded on the State Department's website and other websites. Google Person Finder launched in English, French, and [[Haitian Creole]] on January 15, less than three days after the earthquake.<ref name="googleblog">{{cite web | url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/staying-connected-in-post-earthquake.html | title=Staying connected in post-earthquake Haiti | publisher=''[[Google|Google Blog]]'' | date=January 15, 2010 | author=Jacquelline Fuller, Prem Ramaswami}}</ref>


As with previous response efforts to the [[September 11 attacks]] and [[Hurricane Katrina]], many different organizations created sites with lists of missing persons, leading to a concern that information would be scattered across incompatible [[information silo]]s.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/information-on-haiti-is-getting-siloed/ | title=Information on Haiti Is Getting Siloed | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=January 17, 2010 | author=David Pogue}}</ref> Using [[People Finder Interchange Format|PFIF]], Google Person Finder aggregated the data from many of these sites, including registries run by [[CNN]], the ''[[Miami Herald]]'', and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="npr"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176027 |title=Google Centralizes Haiti People Finder; News Sites Share Data |publisher=''[[Poynter Institute]]'' |date=January 18, 2010 |author=Julie Moos |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123133448/http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176027 |archivedate=January 23, 2010 |df= }}</ref>
As with previous response efforts to the [[September 11 attacks]] and [[Hurricane Katrina]], many different organizations created sites with lists of missing persons, leading to a concern that information would be scattered across incompatible [[information silo]]s.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/information-on-haiti-is-getting-siloed/ | title=Information on Haiti Is Getting Siloed | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=January 17, 2010 | author=David Pogue}}</ref> Using [[People Finder Interchange Format|PFIF]], Google Person Finder aggregated the data from many of these sites, including registries run by [[CNN]], the ''[[Miami Herald]]'', and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="npr"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176027 |title=Google Centralizes Haiti People Finder; News Sites Share Data |publisher=''[[Poynter Institute]]'' |date=January 18, 2010 |author=Julie Moos |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123133448/http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=176027 |archivedate=January 23, 2010 |df= }}</ref>
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*[https://github.com/google/personfinder Open source project site], Google Person Finder
*[https://github.com/google/personfinder Open source project site], Google Person Finder
*[http://haiticrisis.appspot.com/ haiticrisis.appspot.com], Google Person Finder, [[2010 Haiti earthquake]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100118090303/http://haiticrisis.appspot.com/ haiticrisis.appspot.com], Google Person Finder, [[2010 Haiti earthquake]]


[[Category:Disaster preparedness]]
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Revision as of 05:14, 21 October 2017

Google Person Finder
Google Person Finder embeddable widget (January 19, 2010)
Type of site
Humanitarian aid
Available inMultilingual (47)
OwnerGoogle, Inc.
Revenuenone
URLgoogle.org/personfinder

Google Person Finder is an open source web application that provides a registry and message board for survivors, family, and loved ones affected by a natural disaster to post and search for information about each other's status and whereabouts. It was created by volunteer Google engineers in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Google Person Finder is written in Python and hosted on Google App Engine. Its database and API are based on the People Finder Interchange Format (PFIF) developed in 2005 for the Katrina PeopleFinder Project.[1]

History

Immediately after the 2010 Haiti earthquake a group of 20% volunteer engineers developed Person Finder.[2] The software was based on Ka-Ping Yee's work on the September 11 survivor registry and on the PFIF data standard.[3] Google also worked with the United States Department of State to create an embeddable version, which was embedded on the State Department's website and other websites. Google Person Finder launched in English, French, and Haitian Creole on January 15, less than three days after the earthquake.[4]

As with previous response efforts to the September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, many different organizations created sites with lists of missing persons, leading to a concern that information would be scattered across incompatible information silos.[5] Using PFIF, Google Person Finder aggregated the data from many of these sites, including registries run by CNN, the Miami Herald, and The New York Times.[1][6]

Google's work on the Haiti earthquake led to the formation of the Google Crisis Response team,[2] which has launched Google Person Finder again for several subsequent disasters, in many different languages and with a variety of data exchange partners.

Deployment

Google Person Finder is typically embedded in a multilingual Crisis Response page on Google's site, which also contains various other disaster tools such as satellite photographs, shelter locations, road conditions, and power outage information.[7] For the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Google also set up a Picasa account to allow people to submit photos of the name lists posted in emergency shelters, to be manually transcribed and entered into Google Person Finder.[2]

Noteworthy deployments of Google Person Finder include:

The system was tracking 202,400 names as of March 15, 2011[13] and more than 600,000 as of April 4, 2011.[14][15]

Details

Sites that adopt PFIF may interconnect with each other by exporting and transmitting data or allowing their site to be scraped; sites such as blogs and narrative accounts that are not compatible are reviewed by volunteers who key missing person information in PFIF format.[1] The software widget used for directly entering information has two buttons, "I'm looking for someone" and "I have information about someone", and can be embedded directly onto other web pages.[16]

In 2011 there were several reports of malicious false death reports on the system.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Andy Carvin (January 17, 2010). "Using Google's Haiti Missing Persons Widget". National Public Radio. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Goldman, David (March 17, 2011). "Google gives '20%' to Japan crisis". CNN. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (April 5, 2011). "Google's Person Finder helps locate loved ones in Japan". Los Angeles Times. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Jacquelline Fuller, Prem Ramaswami (January 15, 2010). "Staying connected in post-earthquake Haiti". Google Blog. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ David Pogue (January 17, 2010). "Information on Haiti Is Getting Siloed". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Julie Moos (January 18, 2010). "Google Centralizes Haiti People Finder; News Sites Share Data". Poynter Institute. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Perez, Juan Carlos (March 17, 2011). "Google Extends Japan Information, Relief Online Tools". PC World. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Lobello, Carmel (April 15, 2013). "Where to find helpful information about the Boston Marathon explosions". Yahoo! News. Retrieved April 15, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Yaan earthquake". South China Morning Post. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  10. ^ "2013 Cyclone Phailin". Google Person Finder. Retrieved November 14, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Person Finder: Typhoon Yolanda". Google Person Finder. Retrieved November 14, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Google launches Person Finder for 2015 Indo-Nepal Earthquake". news.biharprabha.com. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Google Person Finder". Google. Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Prem Ramaswami (April 4, 2011). "Google Crisis Response: a small team tackling big problems". Google Blog. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Hiroko Tabuchi (July 10, 2011). "Quick Action Helps Google Win Friends in Japan". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Derek Gordon (January 18, 2010). "Haiti on my Mind". MediaPost. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "'Sick' messages falsely inform worried British families their relatives are dead after Japanese earthquake". Daily Mail. March 14, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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