Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

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Google Public Alerts For Taiwan Highlights Need For Open Source Data About Disasters

Catherine Shu | TechCrunch | July 11, 2013

Taiwan is bracing for Typhoon Soulik, which is scheduled to hit the island country late Friday. The arrival of the storm–now classified as a super typhoon–coincides with Google’s launch of Public Alerts for Taiwan yesterday. [...] Read More »

Public Alerts For Natural Disasters Now Available In Taiwan

Eric Chu | Google.org Blog | July 9, 2013

As Taiwan heads into another Typhoon season, the need for reliable and easily accessible information about where the next storm will hit and how to stay safe has never been more important.  That’s why we’re launching Google Public Alerts and a dedicated Google Crisis Map for Taiwan. Read More »