{"id":13319,"date":"2020-08-25T07:21:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=13319"},"modified":"2020-08-25T08:14:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T15:14:17","slug":"how-google-is-helping-firefighters-communities-battling-blazes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/25\/how-google-is-helping-firefighters-communities-battling-blazes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Google is helping firefighters &#038; communities battling blazes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I often say there&#8217;s &#8220;working at Google&#8221; and then there&#8217;s <em>&#8220;WORKING AT GOOGLE.&#8221;<\/em> I of course just &#8220;work at Google,&#8221; but folks like this are doing the latter. With so many Google &amp; Adobe friends directly affected &amp; evacuating, I love seeing smart folks putting their talents &amp; resources to work like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google Crisis Response: Improving access to critical information during wildfires\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8t6ezKAawy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/search\/mapping-wildfires-with-satellite-data\/\">Check out the Google blog<\/a> for lots of interesting info on how all this actually works. It&#8217;s now showing up in specific new features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Today we\u2019re launching a new wildfire boundary map in Search and Maps SOS alerts in the U.S. to provide deeper insights for areas impacted by an ongoing wildfire. In moments like a growing wildfire, knowing exactly where a blaze is underway and how to avoid it is critical. Using satellite data to create a wildfire boundary map, people will now see the approximate size and location right on their phone or desktop.&nbsp;<\/p><p>When people look for things like \u201cwildfire in California\u201d or a specific fire like \u201cKincade fire\u201d in Search, they will be able to see a wildfire\u2019s approximate boundary of the fire, name and location, as well as news articles and helpful resources from local emergency agencies in the SOS alert.&nbsp;<\/p><p>On Google Maps, people will have access to the same details, including the fire boundary, and receive warnings if they\u2019re approaching an active blaze. If someone is exploring an area near a wildfire on Google Maps, they\u2019ll get an ambient alert that will point them to the latest information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod\/original_images\/Wildfire_Detection_Animation.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often say there&#8217;s &#8220;working at Google&#8221; and then there&#8217;s &#8220;WORKING AT GOOGLE.&#8221; I of course just &#8220;work at Google,&#8221; but folks like this are doing the latter. With so many Google &amp; Adobe friends directly affected &amp; evacuating, I love seeing smart folks putting their talents &amp; resources to work like this: Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13319"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13329,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13319\/revisions\/13329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}