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Summary Mobile phones of people fleeing natural disasters can be used to target emergency aid.
Mobile phones of people fleeing natural disasters can be used to target emergency aid according to a new study.The report reveals how scientists mapped population movements following the Haiti earthquake based on location data from two million handsets.That information allowed aid organisations to channel relief supplies to those areas most in need.Researchers are now setting up a non-profit organisation to provide location analysis for future disasters.
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