National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has presented the ‘Hurricane Katrina Recognition Award’ to the Google Earth team, Google Enterprise and Global Support groups.


National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has presented the ‘Hurricane Katrina Recognition Award’ to the Google Earth team, Google Enterprise and Global Support groups.

Google is awarded for its direct support during the Katrina disaster, according to Google blog.

According to Google: “Over several long nights, the teams from Google Earth and Google Maps created satellite imagery overlays of the devastation in the affected region, which showed more accurately the scope of the disaster.

Soon after, we were told that rescue workers and the U.S. Air Force were using Google Earth to find people who were stranded.” [source]

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