Google Earth Used To Predict Electrical Problems

coondoggie writes "What do you get when you combine images from Google Earth and the brainpower from researchers at Oak Ridge National Labs? Well in this case you get a tool that enables real-time status of the national electric grid that federal state and local agencies can use to coordinate and respond to major problems such as wide-area power outages, natural disasters and other catastrophic events. The Visualizing Energy Resources Dynamically on Earth (VERDE) system, announced this week, mashes together images and stats of everything from real-time status of the electric grid and weather information to power grid behavior modeling and simulation."

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[AmberBlackCat]

My guess is Google is paying some money to Slashdot as an advertiser, unless slashdotters really are this interested in Google every week. Maybe they are. I also think the energy people have their own systems to predict electrical problems. Maybe they don't. Either way, I just can't imagine a bunch of government officials being excited that because Google exists, they finally have a way to get weather information and maps of their area. Maybe they are.