Maureen, I can reply in more detail offline, but with the current 54+ online databases to help located loved ones, the web crawler has been extremely successful for our work in Houston.
Will -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maurreen Skowran Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Re: DIGITALDIVIDE -- Katrina Web crawler Hi, Will. About the Katrina Web crawler -- Great move. Does it make the Katrina People Finder project totally redundant? (http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Katrina_PeopleFinder_Project) - Maurreen Skowran Raleigh, N.C. ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:47:08 -0500 From: "Will Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [DDN] Katrina help! Please donate an hour. To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Rebecca and DDN friends, With the help of volunteers from Yahoo, we worked together to create a web crawler that have used quite successfully here in Houston. Go to http://news.yahoo.com/katrinahelp and put a name in the box on the top right of the page. Click "enter" and it will web crawl all of the various databases. Since all the sites are "crawled" we have chosen a very simple site for evacuees to list themselves as survivors or to list loved ones they are looking for. On the list of sites we have aggregated is Family Messages which allows individuals to write extended comments and provide other information in the comments section. We have also aggregated many other tools on the site. Will _____________________________________________________________ Join ACES now! _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
