In response to Hurricane Sandy, Google's Crisis Response team has constructed an interactive map designed to help make sense of the epic weather phenomenon.
Built upon a foundation of standard Google Maps data, the default presentation of the map offers a view of Hurricane Sandy's path, a precipitation radar overlay (with adjustable translucence), public alert zones, and Red Cross safety shelter locations represented by Google's well-known red location pins.
SOURCE: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411491,00.asp
What's interesting in this news article is Google's efforts to enter more and more in the Geospatial industry, previously when something that big happened, Esri was the company to provide such map as it did in Hurricane Katrina (it actually provides such site under its new ArcGIS.com online service, but it's not that high profile as the Google effort).
We will be seeing a major shift in the key players in the geospatial industry, and GIS professionals around the world should be prepared for such change.
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