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California Fires Mapped On Google

by Tim Stevens on October 24, 2007 at 09:12 AM

Google Charting Californian Wild Fires

We reported yesterday about a few locals using instant status service Twitter to send updates about the Southern California wild fires burning wildly north and east of San Diego. Now it seems Google is getting in on the action, too, by offering up a list of the most popular custom Google Maps that have been created to track the fire.

Top of the list is the San Diego County Fires map, provided by local station KPBS. It's updated at least every 15 minutes to show the current location of the fires, as well as status updates for evacuations and which evac stations are already full. Another map is provided by the 'Los Angeles Times', showing stats about total acres burned, as well as injuries and property damage.

Unfortunately these maps can't help to contain the fire, but as we said yesterday, keeping informed is what's most important, and these should help you do just that.

From Official Google Blog

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Tags: breaking+news, California Fires, CaliforniaFires, disaster tech, DisasterTech, Google Maps, GoogleMaps, top

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