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March 11, 2011
Google Earth resources for the Japanese Earthquake
As I'm sure you've heard, Japan was hit this morning by a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami. There are already a variety of Earth/Maps-related resources to provide information about the quake, and we'll summarize them here.
The first is Google's People Finder, a tool that they provide in these types of situations. You can also visit their Crisis Response page for much more information.
Next is also a Google Map showing the location of temporary shelters that have been set up in Japan.
Next is this Google Gadget
, which uses the Google Earth plug-in to show real-time earthquake information world-wide.
Next is a map showing earthquake-related Tweets from Japan.
Lastly we have a collection of maps from the US Geological Survey that gives a lot more information about the quake and tsunamis.
[UPDATE: How you can help] To donate $10 to the relief efforts, users in the US can text "REDCROSS" to 90999 and users in Canada can text "REDCROSS" to 30333. You're also encouraged to visit the Red Cross donation site and contribute there.
If you have more sources of useful geo-related data about the quake, please leave a comment and let us know.
(via Google Maps Mania and Visualizing Data)
Posted by mickmel at March 11, 2011 11:32 AM
Comments
Posted by: Naturally regrow hair at March 11, 2011 3:23 PM
No geoeye image?
Posted by: barakuda at March 11, 2011 4:10 PM
barakuda -- Not yet. I expect they'll capture and publish one in the next few days, but we'll see. I'll post it as soon as one is available.
Posted by: Mickey at March 11, 2011 4:30 PM
yeah, Google is very slow this time... Japan needs good access to SAT intel of damages ASAP....;(
Posted by: smokeonit at March 12, 2011 1:17 PM
As the state of those Japanese reactors is of growing concern. Here are the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) maps for the 8.9 quake on Friday - "ShakeCast"
http://issc.iaea.org/shakecast/index.php?event=c0001xgp&sid=a44d2471cc77903a3040626f6154dd6b
Number of facilities evaluated: 6
Peak Ground Acceleration (%g): 3.6615-38.3224
Peak Ground Velocity (cm/sec): 6.1807-52.6241
Instrumental Intensity: IV - VIII
Posted by: Andrew at March 13, 2011 6:23 AM
Canadian Red Cross is actually taking $5 text donations for Japan by people texting ASIA to 30333
Posted by: JohnG at March 13, 2011 4:38 PM
I know I shouldn't push you guys and such, but I'm from a company in America that has our main HQ over there in Japan. I'm trying to find out if the company is still alive, or if the building is still there, or both, and nobody has been able to get us any pictures or any information. Do you have any pictures or data available of Hachioji district of Tokyo?
Posted by: Dragonis at March 14, 2011 11:14 AM
That's not a mansion. good
Posted by: kabin at April 3, 2012 9:44 AM
Uninstalling and reinstalling 6.1 doesn´t work. Even then it behaves and looks like the newest version.
Posted by: konteyner at April 18, 2012 5:26 AM
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Wow I never thought google would cover this too!