Tomnod campaign to find missing Malaysian jet draws online crowds

Update March 12, 11 a.m.: Yesterday DigitalGlobe saw an "unprecedented level of web traffic and interest in supporting the search," and Tomnod said their new satellite "images (were) captured around 10:30am local time.

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 can be tracked down by using the TomNod website owned by the mapping company Digital Globe which is based in Colorado.

DigitalGlobe activates FirstLook — used by emergency-response agencies in natural disasters, manmade crises and human interest scenarios — about twice a week, while Tomnod is used more selectively and for different reasons, Barrington said. "We try

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Update from Tomnod: The response has literally been overwhelming: our servers struggled to keep up all day. We've been hacking hard to make some fixes and I think that the site is working now but I apologize if you have