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Rapid Damage Assessment and Situation Mapping: Learning from the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

2011; American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; Volume: 77; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.14358/pers.77.9.923

2374-8079

Stefan Voigt, Tobias Schneiderhan, André Twele, Monika Gähler, Enrico Stein, Harald Mehl,

earthquake and tectonic studies

The paper reports on the activity of the Center for Satellite based Crisis Information (ZKI) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 12 January 2010. DLR/ZKI closely coordinated with the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program and the International Charter Space and Major Disasters. All DLR/ZKI damage maps are based on a specific analysis approach, including pre-processing procedures and visual interpretation on a grid-basis. As the satellite-based response globally was so extensive for this event, problems resulting from the large number and inconsistency of satellite maps generated internationally are addressed. In order to avoid this kind of mapping challenge in future the setting-up of an international working group to elaborate global guidelines and cooperation procedures for better coherence of international satellite rapid efforts for extreme events such as the Haiti earthquake is suggested.