The amazing potential of the Internet

The BBC reports:

Images from Google Earth are being enrolled in the search for adventurer Steve Fossett.

Many people are scouring up-to-date satellite images of Nevada to try to spot Mr Fossett’s downed plane or wreckage.

The project is being co-ordinated via Amazon’s human-powered problem solving scheme called the Mechanical Turk.

Via Blogoscoped. Perhaps we can learn some lessons from this for future humanitarian crises or conflicts?