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March 14, 2011 Very-high-resolution imagery of damage from the Japanese Tsunami.

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e‑GEOS provides COSMO-SkyMed derived maps to Google Crisis Response to help track the progress of the disaster..

Download Google Earth kml file of crisis response data including e‑GEOS maps and VHR optical imagery.

Before and after imagery from GeoEye IKONOS and GeoEye-1 satellites showing damage following the earthquake and Tsunami of March 11 in Japan.

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Images ©GeoEye Inc. Distributed by e‑GEOS.


Sendai
Before: GeoEye-1 Image from 4 April, 2010
After: IKONOS image acquired 12 March 2011
 


Minamisanriku
Before: GeoEye-1 Image from 15 November, 2009
After: IKONOS image acquired 12 March 2011

 


Natori
Before: GeoEye-1 Image from 4 April, 2010
After: IKONOS image acquired 12 March 2011

 


Rikuzentakata
Before: GeoEye-1 Image from 23 July, 2010
After: GeoEye-1 Image acquired 13 March 2011

 


Derailed train near Sinchi
GeoEye-1 image 13 March, 2011

 

Maps of flooding in Sendai district, derived from COSMO-SkyMed radar imagery from March 12, 2011. On the left, the map with Landsat background: the floooded areas are in light blue. On the right, the same map with the COSMO-SkyMed 3m image in the background.

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COSMO-SkyMed imagery ©ASI, processed and distributed by e‑GEOS

A Google Earth kmz file shows the same area including very-high-resolution IKONOS imagery from GeoEye.


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