Gas Waze

The Israeli originated navigation app Waze was used by FEMA and U.S. government agencies to find operational gas stations to send fuel to in Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath, according to a report on gigaOM.

Almost 30 million people use Waze for driving directions and traffic updates. Waze’s vice president of platforms and partnerships, Di-An Eisnor reported that Waze had set up a system within an hour to allow users to send a message directing others to open gas stations. The app set up maps displaying gas stations in New Jersey, Staten Island and Long Island and sent information to FEMA and the White House and Google’s Crisis Maps to collect disaster information.