Google rolled out Google Public Alerts on Google Maps today. They are currently displaying data from NOAA, NWS, and USGS. Google is using CAP to format the alerts and is encouraging all agencies that send alerts to adopt CAP. They are also looking to solicit data from local originators and eventually incorporate those alerts into Google Public Alerts.

Google has also created an Alert Hub that aggregates alerts and allows other people to develop ways to redistribute them.

At first glance this development looks pretty slick. Check it out, and let us know what you think!