Haiti Quake Disaster
January 13th, 2010by margot
About the Author: To change this standard text, you have to enter some information about your self in the Dashboard -> Users -> Your Profile box. Read more from this authorIn the past seven days Haiti has been hit with several earthquakes one of which had a magnitude of 7. We’ve been busy tracking all of these quakes and updating our public site with as much quake data as possible as well as some demographic data. We will be continuing to update our site at the data rolls in so check back daily for news and updates. Here is what we have so far for the crisis in Haiti.
Check out the maps we have made from link to the datasets below to help with the on going situation on the ground. We would also like to encourage anyone in the community that has relevant data to either contact us or add their data to GeoCommons so that others can use this data to improve the lives of others.
http://finder.geocommons.com/search?query=haitiquake
Also check out the Haiti Relief Dashboard here.
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January 14th, 2010 at 10:05 am
[...] USGIF member company GeoEye announced yesterday that it has partnered with Google Earth and has made available satellite images of the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. The devastating earthquake hit Haiti on Monday has caused untold property damaged and casualties. As we posted yesterday, GEOINT plays a critical role in natural disasters and GeoEye is certainly helping by providing the data and imagery needed to assess the situation. And, as Admiral Murrett said “GEOINT saves lives.” In addition, USGIF member company FortiusOne has been busy updating its public site with quake and demographic data. To learn more about FortiusOne’s efforts click here. [...]
January 15th, 2010 at 3:00 am
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January 22nd, 2010 at 3:40 am
I pray for those people who have been injured in Haiti. the earthquake in Haiti is one of the word disasters this year. I just hope that they would be able to recover soon.
March 28th, 2010 at 4:02 am
i have several relatives who were also vicitimized by the earthquake in Haiti. thank God that they were not seriously hurt. i hope and pray that Haiti would be able to recover soon from this disaster.