originally a research project of the university of california, san diego in 2010, tomnod (mongolian for "big eye") was founded by shay har-noy, luke barrington, nate ricklin and albert yu min lin. three years later, tomnod was acquired by the company digitalglobe while incubating at evonexus. tomnod uses online map interfaces that engage many people to each view and tag a small section of a large area on the planet. in 2011 tomnod cooperated with the unhcr to locate refugee camps in somalia. users were asked to use satellite images to count the shelters of refugees. other projects include searching for the tomb of genghis khan, mapping damage after typhoon haiyan, and searching for malaysia airlines flight 370.