Using Google Earth to Visualize Japan Earthquake Damage
Professor Hidenori Watanave of Tokyo Metropolitan University’s Graduate School of System Design writes to inform us about two projects that use Google Earth to visualize the damage from the March 11th earthquake and tsunami:
1. Three-dimensional photo-overlays from “The Aftermath in Japan” by New York Times
Users can view 40 photographs from New York Timesusing google earth,
and compare sceneries before / after the earthquake. All photographs
are overlapped with three-dimensional geographical features. The
damage situation of the Sendai airport and the Fukushima nuclear power
plant and others can be understood three-dimensionally. And also, Google’s
imagery update of Japan is included, users can switch latest and past
satellite image by radio-buttons. We will add more photographs as much
as possible.2. Traffic results information of Japan Earthquake from HONDA & TOYOTA
The traffic results information of the area of devastation of the
Japan Earthquake (daily update) by HONDA and TOYOTA are overlapped
with other geographical data. Available roads and other information
are overlapped, so users can understand the real situation of the area
of devastation easily. Two or more layers can be switching with check
boxes. Please wait for a while until contents are displayed because
the data size is large.
For more details about the project, you can check this site (Japanese).
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