FEMA App Adds Crowdsourcing for Disaster Relief

Certain apps — like ones that help you wake up or beat writers' block — make your everyday life easier. Others help out in times of disaster

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released an update to its Android app this morning (the iOS version will be available shortly). While the app was previously only a destination to receive information such as shelter locations, it's now more of a two-way street

The app's major new feature is called "Disaster Reporter," which allows users to submit disaster-related images to be publicly hosted on the FEMA website. You can add short text descriptions to photos, which then go through a basic approval process to ensure images are relevant and do not disclose any user’s personal information. The images are then posted on a map for public viewing Read more...