[EAS] Google Public Alerts

Tom Spencer Radiofreetom at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 14:17:55 CST 2012


On the other hand...

Mayhaps us broadcasters could use Google instead of, or in addition to, 
the FEMA input?  Does Part 11 specify that such third-party providers 
can't be used???

Richard_Rudman wrote:
> I have been watching the recent Google announcement of their public warning initiative.
>
> They have apparently struck up deals with NOAA, NWS, and USGS to, quoting directly from their website:

>     * Get your alerts into the Common_Alerting_Protocol_(CAP_1.2) standard. Here are some_resources we created to help you with this process. Most commercial alert publishing tools support CAP already.

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Tom Spencer



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