(New Europe, November 2, 2015) – Tomnod, a crowdsourcing project, which is working with public-private partnership The Global Fund to End Slavery, is producing accurate and public data that can be used by activists and officials in Ghana to crack…
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Eyes in the sky: online “mappers” track child slavery in Ghana
DAKAR, Oct 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sitting in the office at his home in Washington, 67-year-old graduate student Patrick Brown spends hours searching for boats and buildings on a satellite photograph as part of an online project to combat…
Mapping the true extent of child slavery in Ghana
(Spatial Source, October 27, 2015) – There are an estimated 168 million children involved in slave labour around the world and more than half of them, are involved in hazardous work (the International Labor Organization). A Ghana Child Labor Survey…
Feeling Helpless About The Haze? Why Not Join The Invisible Army Online To Hunt Down The Culprits
Instead of waiting and hoping for the haze to clear and feeling powerless to change the situation, why not try hunting down the culprits online… but only if you are willing to spend hours poring over satellite maps. Launched last…
Crowdsourcing ‘nodders’ help spot illegal fires in Indonesia
Jakarta: This time Jimmy Liew has a personal reason for being part of an invisible global army of geo-geeks dedicated to … well, saving the world. During work hours Mr Liew is a freelance project manager. In his own time, he…
Tomnod Helps Track Down Illegal Fishing Boats Online
(Turtle Island Restoration Network, August 18, 2015) – Turtle Island Restoration Network is proud to announce a new pilot program to find illegal fishing vessels within the Marine Protected Area surrounding Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Turtle Island teamed up with…
Tomnod acquired by DigitalGlobe
Tomnod graduated from the EvoNexus incubator in March 2013 and was subsequently acquired by DigitalGlobe, the leading commercial satellite imaging company. DigitalGlobe sent satellites over the Philippines after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit to analyze the damage of houses, roads, bridges,…
Has a crowd-sourced satellite search located three South Africans lost at sea?
Cape Town, South Africa (Traveller 24, March 24, 2015)–The families of three South African men who have been lost at sea for more than two months have had a glimmer of hope thanks to a Tomnod satellite search. Anthony Murray,…
EvoNexus Alumni Tomnod Making a Difference in Australia
Within 12 hours of the bushfire starting, two satellites were making regular passes over the area and providing detailed photographs of the fire ground. Maps were then interlaced with layers of information from the photographs to provide interested agencies with…
EvoNexus Alum Tomnod and internet crowd stand ready to find missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 29, 2014) – The satellite service used in an attempt to help find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 says it stands ready to search for AirAsia flight QZ 8501 if necessary and has “tasked”…