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A group of teenagers starts a project that will sharpen emergency
response by making homes easier to locate.
Statesville, NC (PRWEB)
September 10, 2007 -- The city of Statesville is under the lens
this week with the start of a new project by a local teen. Andy
Laws, age 16, has a plan that would put Statesville on the
technological map -- literally. His idea entails gathering photos
of houses in the city and creating an online database.
Housephotos.org is a free application that provides
photographs of homes by street address. Laws was inspired to begin
the project in hopes that emergency services, such as first
responders, would utilize the database for more effective
responses. The site is dynamic in the fact that it has many
different uses. Domino's Pizza was contacted by e-mail and showed
genuine interest in the project for delivery purposes.
Knowing the
physical appearance of a home will also make it easier to locate,
which has raised a few questions from the community. Various
security measures are in place to insure the integrity of the
database, and to keep the public as safe as possible. Homeowners
can choose to contact the site by e-mail if they want their
listing removed, though Laws discourages it and with good reason.
The teenage
volunteers of the site are referred to as the Street Team. The
group is composed of various teenagers from around Iredell County,
who see the site as a way to positively affect the community. The
crew hopes to finish the project by 2009, a time when they will
have to disband to further their education after high school. For
more information, visit
http://www.housephotos.org
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