[GCE-RG] [Fwd: Re: Update on Jim Gray Search]

[Mary Thomas]

wonderful, Mary - thanks!

On Feb 3, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Mary Thomas wrote:

> Hi Charlie -
>
>   I am searching images when I can. I have passed this on to many  
> other mailing lists. I am praying that it works. Thanks for giving  
> me the opportunity to help.
>
> Regards -
> Mary
>
> Catlett Charlie wrote:
>> There are now some 40,000 images at the MTurk site (URL below) and  
>> mid-day today another batch of imagery will arrive from a fly-over  
>> just completed by the Canadian space agency.
>>
>> Plenty of work for people to do if you want to help out.  Jim  
>> disappeared on Sunday evening so time is running out.
>>
>> CeC
>>
>>> Friends-
>>>
>>> Many of  you know Jim Gray has been missing since Sunday evening,  
>>> and
>>> yesterday the Coast Guard suspended its search.  A growing body of
>>> fresh satellite imagery is being put into Amazon's Mechanical Turk
>>> system so that people can search and mark small tiles of satellite
>>> imagery.  This allows hundreds to thousands of people to help  
>>> examine
>>> these many large images.
>>>
>>> You can participate by going to the site below.  Prior to
>>> participating you'll need to set up an Amazon Mechanical Turk  
>>> account
>>> (it is free).  You do not need to be an expert to help.  Just having
>>> sharp eyes is enough.
>>>
>>> Please pass this on to others- we expect to continue getting images
>>> through the next 24-36 hours from both aircraft and satellite  
>>> cameras.
>>>
>>> Thanks-
>>> CeC
>>>
>>> http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=J0XZ58STDWJZ5QY4F9M0
>>>
>>>
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Mary Thomas              Department of Computer Science
mthomas at rohan.sdsu.edu   San Diego State University
(619) 594-1694 (office)  San Diego, CA 92182-7720
(619) 594-6746 (fax)     http://rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/mthomas
Adv. Comp. Env. Lab      http://acel.sdsu.edu