New Delhi: Google is helping people track the missing after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake levelled large parts of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-biggest city.
The online tool 'Person Finder: Christchurch Earthquake, February 2011' helps keep track of missing people hit by the earthquake that killed 75. The tool on Google's Appspot service launched soon after the earthquake on February 21 is currently tracking about 8,800 records.
The Person Finder for the Christchurch Earthquake lets users search for a missing person and also allows users to post information about someone. Websites can also embed Google Person Finder as a gadget on their own pages.
Google Person Finder, a project of the Google Crisis Response division of Google.org, was built by Google engineers in response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti to help those affected by the earthquake connect with their loved ones. Google Person Finder can also accept data from other similar registries and display them together at one place.
The service is powered by individual users who update and remove records when no longer relevant. It was also active during the 2010 Pakistan and Brazil floods.
The Person Finder for Christchurch Earthquake is available at: http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/
####Person Finder: Christchurch Earthquake, February 2011
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