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the information is logged on the map and rescue teams are alerted;
a search and rescue team goes to the location and rescues the trapped person.
The Ushahidi website gets information from volunteers via text messages, email, Twitter and the internet. It uses its own software to plot the information on an up-to-date Google map, available on the internet.
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