<s>
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
web	I-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
a	O
registry	O
and	O
message	O
board	O
for	O
survivors	O
,	O
family	O
,	O
and	O
loved	O
ones	O
affected	O
by	O
a	O
natural	O
disaster	O
to	O
post	O
and	O
search	O
for	O
information	O
about	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
status	O
and	O
whereabouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
volunteer	O
Google	B-Application
engineers	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
2010	O
Haiti	O
earthquake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
App	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
database	O
and	O
API	B-Application
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
People	B-Protocol
Finder	I-Protocol
Interchange	I-Protocol
Format	I-Protocol
(	O
PFIF	B-Protocol
)	O
developed	O
in	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
Katrina	O
PeopleFinder	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immediately	O
after	O
the	O
2010	O
Haiti	O
earthquake	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
20	O
volunteer	O
engineers	O
developed	O
Person	B-Application
Finder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Ka-Ping	O
Yee	O
's	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
PFIF	B-Protocol
data	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
also	O
worked	O
with	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
State	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
embeddable	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
embedded	O
on	O
the	O
State	O
Department	O
's	O
website	O
and	O
other	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
launched	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
Haitian	O
Creole	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
less	O
than	O
three	O
days	O
after	O
the	O
earthquake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
previous	O
response	O
efforts	O
to	O
the	O
September	O
11	O
attacks	O
and	O
Hurricane	O
Katrina	O
,	O
many	O
different	O
organizations	O
created	O
sites	O
with	O
lists	O
of	O
missing	O
persons	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
concern	O
that	O
information	O
would	O
be	O
scattered	O
across	O
incompatible	O
information	B-Application
silos	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
PFIF	B-Protocol
,	O
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
aggregated	O
the	O
data	O
from	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
sites	O
,	O
including	O
registries	O
run	O
by	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
Miami	O
Herald	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
work	O
on	O
the	O
Haiti	O
earthquake	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Crisis	O
Response	O
team	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
launched	O
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
again	O
for	O
several	O
subsequent	O
disasters	O
,	O
in	O
many	O
different	O
languages	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
data	O
exchange	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
is	O
typically	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
multilingual	O
Crisis	O
Response	O
page	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
site	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
contains	O
various	O
other	O
disaster	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
satellite	O
photographs	O
,	O
shelter	O
locations	O
,	O
road	O
conditions	O
,	O
and	O
power	O
outage	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
2011	O
Tōhoku	O
earthquake	O
and	O
tsunami	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
also	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
Picasa	B-Application
account	O
to	O
allow	O
people	O
to	O
submit	O
photos	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
lists	O
posted	O
in	O
emergency	O
shelters	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
manually	O
transcribed	O
and	O
entered	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Noteworthy	O
deployments	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Person	I-Application
Finder	I-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sites	O
that	O
adopt	O
PFIF	B-Protocol
may	O
interconnect	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
by	O
exporting	O
and	O
transmitting	O
data	O
or	O
allowing	O
their	O
site	O
to	O
be	O
scraped	B-Application
;	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
blogs	O
and	O
narrative	O
accounts	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
compatible	O
are	O
reviewed	O
by	O
volunteers	O
who	O
key	O
missing	O
person	O
information	O
in	O
PFIF	B-Protocol
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
widget	I-Application
used	O
for	O
directly	O
entering	O
information	O
has	O
two	O
buttons	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
'm	O
looking	O
for	O
someone	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
I	O
have	O
information	O
about	O
someone	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
directly	O
onto	O
other	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
