TOMNOD ©Copyright 2014 Juan Rodríguez
©Copyright 2014 Juan Rodríguez
About Tomnod
• It was founded by: Shay Har-Noy Luke Barrington Nate Ricklin Albert Yu Min Lin
• Later, it was acquired by DigitalGlobe
• Website http://www.tomnod.com/
• Social media60K followers 10,7K followers
@tomnod
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What is Tomnod?
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• It means “Big Eye” in Mongolian language
• It provides satellite images to explore the Earth and solve real-world problems.
• You can mark up what you see.
• Based on CROUDSOURCING
Goal: Obtaining needed ideas, content or services about a specific topic
How: Soliciting contributions for a large group of people
Who: Online communities and undefined public rather than specific known groups, employees or suppliers.
• So, the power of this web application is in the TEAM
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Topics
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• Actually
Fires in San Diego Blocked Road/Bridge Burned Building
Flooding in the Southern US Blocked Road/Bridge Flooded Building
Missing Airplane: Malaysia Airlines MH370 Wreckage - Airplane Wreckage Raft - Life Raft Other Oil Slick in Water
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How Tomnod works
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1. Join the Tomnod
team as you view the planet and mark what you see.
2. Others on the team
mark the same images --you get nods when they agree with you.
3. In places where the
team agrees, we find the strongest marks.
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How Tomnod works
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• We can download the results and to work with them
• File with filename extension .kmz
• It can be open with Google Earth
• Or it can be descompressed like a zip file, obtaining a file with filename extension .kml (with xml format)
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Demo
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• Video Demo about the application works:
http://www.tomnod.com/nod/images/video/tomnodvideo2.mp4
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Conclusions
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• Advantages and problems of the crowdsourcing model
Connection between the enterprise and its consumers The problems can be solved quickly at little cost In several cases, the solutions can be better due to the competition and the
collaboration of the people It can generate very important opportunities for innovators and designers Combining the knowledge of outsiders and the experts
A high probability that the project will fail due to lack of monetary motivation The participation of non-experts can generate a low quality of work Low salaries or without compensation
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Conclusions
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• As application
Simple registry as user and UI easy to use Specific images with a enough quality resolution to mark up the different tags Updated satellite images
It provides a random satellite image and you cannot select an specific part that you would like check
App for mobile devices In some cases, the resolution is not so good