Screen scrapping targets

We want to get as many missing persons records into a single database as possible.

(1) Get techies to build software to "scrape" info from structured sites into a standard datamodel.

(2) Get volunteers to read forums and postings and manually enter that data into a standard datamodel.

Here are some of the places we need to have scraped/ entered into our standard datamodel. We'll of course be syndicating the unified database.

Lists of lists:
http://www.packrat-pro.com/katrina.htm
http://www.blessingsontheweb.com/

Red Cross has got their database up which is huge, so that is another good scrapping opportunity.
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/people

The big list so far has been the Gulf Coast News site.
http://wx.gulfcoastnews.com/katrina/status.aspx

Our goal, again, is to combine all these databases into a single data model, offering a unified view of who is OK so refugees don't have to spend their time searching message boards and databases.