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Google Earth Used To Predict Electrical Problems

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-can't-it-do dept.

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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  1. Next project? by VoltageX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Managing Energy Resources Dynamically on Earth (MERDE).

    Oui oui!

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  2. Re:I predict... by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    that Google Earth will be declared a threat to Homeland Security, and taken offline. :-(

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  3. Re:simple google by jaminJay · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if Google was doing a real time status program I would have it sit on my screen all day.

    That way, when the screen goes black, you'd know the power went out?

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