10 Sept 2007

Public can join search for Fossett by scanning satellite images

The search for missing aviator Steve Fossett has gone public — at least for people with access to a computer.

Satellite images of the search area in western Nevada provided by DigitalGlobe, the company that supplies images to Google Earth, are now available online.

An aviation Web site, http://www.avweb.com, provides links to review fresh satellite images and instructions on how to look for Fossett's plane or any image that might resemble a small aircraft.

After being shown a satellite image, viewers will be asked to check one of two boxes.

One says the image "contains foreign objects that should be looked at more closely." Viewers then will be asked to describe them.

IHT

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