I blogged recently about UtiliSocial, a cloud-based system from DataCapable that mines social media and then generates map visualizations using a GIS. UtiliSocial combs social media channels for specific terms and topics related to power utilities, such as power outages, smart grid, and renewables. UtiliSocial can also display context - maps of demographics, consumer consumer behavior statistics, weather patterns and sensor reports.
Based on this technology DataCapable provides a Global Power Outage Tracker that shows outages worldwide in the form of a real-time layer of global power outages including all outage events over the past three hours (which is configurable).
DataCapable has just announced the same type of global tracker service for Wildfires, Water Quality, Hail, Earthquakes, Flu Reports and Gas Leaks.
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