Earlier this week, Earth-imaging satellite company DigitalGlobe announced it was activating its crowdsourcing platform on Tomnod to enlist civilians in the search for the lost Malaysian jetliner. But then the site crashed from too many people logging in. Now the site is back up and you can sign up simply by entering your email and then join in the search.
The image above is obviously not a view of the ocean, but rather a view of the aftermath of a tornado. But it shows you the interface well enough. the main satellite image is in the middle and to the right, a small yellow rectangle show you where you are overall on that section. The bottom of the right column indicates the map number. If you find something that looks interesting, you select an icon from the upper left and then click on the object in question.
I logged in first using Chrome but after waiting several minutes for the map to load, I switched to Safari. The satellite images of the ocean are mainly black and dotted with wisps of white caps. Almost right away, I stumbled on something clearly manmade and I suspect it was a cargo ship. So I used the “other” icon and clicked on the ship. Unfortunately, the website did not put a little red or green halo around the object, which confirms that the object was recorded. But the click did add a number to the tally in the upper right under Your Campaign Progress.
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