Apparently drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death worldwide. In order to help spread information about the dangers of drowning The Global Drowning Tracker has created a Google Map to record instances of drowning.
The map includes a number of filtering options which allow the user to browse the drownings reported by age, gender and location. Users can report drowning incidents to the map via a short form or by a SMS text message. The Global Drowning Tracker hopes that "through awareness, recognition and action, drowning accidents can be eliminated, if not greatly reduced".
From a dev standpoint this was a great project to work on and from an objective standpoint this is going to be such an effective tool for raising awareness to this preventable issue. Thanks for sharing!
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