05-11-2012
The Tomnod crowd identifies the military buildings that were attacked today in Damascus.  Imagery courtesy DigitalGlobe.

Military Building Bombed in Damascus

Tragic news from Syria today as the BBC reports that twin suicide car bomb attacks killed at least 55 people in Damascus: The blasts happened near a military intelligence building during morning rush...

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05-10-2012
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The Top Five Reasons to Volunteer Online

  Crowdsourcing, microtasking, citizen science. If you have been following tech developments in the last few years, you have probably encountered all of these new terms and then some. What does it all...

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05-05-2012
Figure 1 -- Screenshot of the FirstInsight: Damascus user interface for tagging satellite imagery.  In this example, a volunteer in the community tagged a landmark, a crowd and a possible military building.

Case Study: First Insight Damascus

Terabytes of high-resolution DigitalGlobe imagery     transformed into real-time, precision reports         through the power of Tomnod CrowdRankTM Report Highlights: 1,500km2 imaged around the Syrian capital Damascus Persistent imagery surveillance over a 1-month period 59...

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05-04-2012
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Breaking News: DigitalGlobe + GeoEye = ?

[UPDATE May 7, 2012] DigitalGlobe rejects acquisition offer and refers to it as ‘hostile’.   This morning has been met by a flurry of activity concerning the commercial space sector. GeoEye has reached...

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05-04-2012
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Where in the World? 03

We got a number of good guesses for last week’s Where in the World! The pyramids  in the photo are  part of the Meroe Pyramids in Sudan. They were built as royal tombs...

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05-03-2012
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10 Questions: Know your United STATES

In Tomnod’s continuing mission to understand all the planet’s data, we have been analyzing the US National Atlas. This geographic information powers our Twitter Geo-Location API. By knowing the name, location and population...

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04-30-2012
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6 startup tips for MBA students

We often get invited to give lectures at various places. Sometimes we talk about Tomnod, or engineering, or crowdsourcing, or startups, and sometimes about adventure. Last week, I was invited to talk at...

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04-27-2012
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Where in the World? 02

This friday, we’re back with our weekly satellite image challenge, Where in the World! The location of last week’s image was the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Every manned spaceflight from the United...

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04-26-2012
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Shay has been appointed as a Crowd Leader!

We are proud to announce that Tomnod CEO Shay Har-Noy, Ph.D has been invited to become a Crowd Leader at the Daily Crowdsource.   The Daily Crowdsource is the predominant source of crowdsourcing news...

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04-20-2012
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Where in the World? 01

Happy friday everyone! We have unveiled a fun new blog feature for you called ‘Where in the World?’. The rules are simple: we show you a satellite photo, give you a hint and...

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