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    Tsunami

    MapAction, IWMI and Survey Department of Sri Lanka are working together with CNO, Sri Lanka to produce regularly updated maps of the post-tsunami situation in the country. The maps are produced from 29 Dec 2004 to now are listed below. These will be updated twice a day. Along with maps, variety of data and other useful information are available to public. Please click on the links below to access data via FTP.

    		 Tsunami Maps  
    		Tsunami Data  

    If you have any problems downloading data please contact the System Administrators through the 'Contacts' section on the lower left panel of this site.

    Tsunami Information

    Tsunami Satellite Sensor Data Sources - High Resolution Focus

    		 Landsat, ASTER, Radarsat, and many others : USGS disaster response   MODIS Rapid Response
    		Global Change and Earth Observation: Michigan State University   ESRI
    		SPOT and SPOT Asia   Eastview Cartographic
    		Space Imaging for IKONOS
    		   Geodata
    		All Global Satellites: A great source   Cornell GIS
    		Pacific Disaster Center   National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
    		NRSA   RadarSat International
    		Digital Globe   ERS
    		Orbimage   International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

    1. Landsat, ASTER, Radarsat, and many others : USGS disaster response  
         
     

    Lots of free imagery from Landsat ETM+ (30-m), ASTER (15-60 m), Radarsat (various), and other sensors. Keep visiting this site that is constantly updated. Free images. These are coordinated by USGS, NASA, and numerous other agencies.

    Free data download ftp link:

    ftp://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/disaster

    Tsunami response and various links:

    http://gisdata.usgs.gov/website/Tsunami

    http://gisdata.usgs.gov/website/Disaster_Response

    		 

    2. Global Change and Earth Observation: Michigan State University  
         
     

    Landsat 30-m Image analysis. This site provides good science analysis of Landsat data and products thereof..

    http://www.globalchange.msu.edu/trfic/tsunami2004/

    		  

    3. SPOT and SPOT Asia  
         
     

    Extensive analysis of Tsunami using SPOT and IKONOS and numerous other data. Rapid response. Including mpeg movie animations. Fantastic site.

    http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/documents/asie/asia_en.html

    The Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing at the National University of Singapore provides some excellent SPOT and IKONOS imagery that are @ high resolution JPEG etc. Very useful for disaster assessment.

    http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/tsunami/tsunami.html

    http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/

    		  

    4. Space Imaging for IKONOS:  
         
     

    IKONOS 1 to 4 meter media images:

    http://www.stormcenter.com/media/041230b/

    IKONOS 1 to 4 m media Gallery:

    http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/tsunami/

    IKONOS 1 to 4 meter data from SpaceImaging:

    http://www.spaceimaging.com/

    		  

    5. All Global Satellites: A great source  
         
     

    Links provided by Jean-Luc Bessis, CNES Programmes Direction, Risk management coordinator Board member, International Charter "Space and Major Disasters. These are some great sources of Tsunami data, analysis and rapid response.

    Charter :   http://www.disasterscharter.org
    CRISP   http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/tsunami/tsunami.html
    Darmouth Obs   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/
    DigitalGlobe   http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/tsunami/Banda_Aceh_Tsunami_Damage.pdf
    DLR   http://www.zki.caf.dlr.de/applications/2004/indian_ocean/indian_ocean_2004_en.html
    NRSA   http://www.nrsa.gov.in/
    SERTIT   http://sertit.u-strasbg.fr/documents/asie/asia_en.html
    UNOSAT   http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/default.asp
    USGS   http://gisdata.usgs.gov/website/Disaster_Response

    		 

    6. Pacific Disaster Center  
         
     

    Tsunami Response Map Viewer with rich sets of baseline data.

    http://www.pdc.org/apnhintsu/html/apnhintsu-init.jsp

    		  

    7. NRSA  
         
     

    Source of all Tsunami data from Indian satellites. Resolution vary between 5 to 25 m.

    http://www.nrsa.gov.in/

    		  

    8. Digital Globe  
         
     

    Has a page that shows “before and after” events @ 0.61 to 4 m.

    http://www.digitalglobe.com/

    		  

    9. Orbimage  
         
     

    OrbView-3 1m panchromatic and 4 m multispectral imagery. Their web page indicates that they have increased their image download of the tsunami area.

    http://www.orbimage.com/

    		  

    10. MODIS Rapid Response  
         
     

    Quality course resolution data

    http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/?calendar

    http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/main.asp

    		 

    11. ESRI  
         
     

    Powerhouse of baseline data. But also houses some imagery.

    http://www.esri.com/news/pressroom/indian_ocean_disaster.html

    		  

    12. Eastview Cartographic  
         
     

    1:50,000 topo maps free to humanitarian organizations.

    ftp://>tsunami:relief@208.4.68.5/

    		  

    13. Geodata  
         
     

    Tsunami GIS datasets.

    http://www.geodata.gov/gos

    		  

    14. Cornell GIS  
         
     

    Damage mapping using GPS. Very useful.

    http://polarbear.css.cornell.edu/srilanka/

    		 

    15. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency  
         
     

    They do an excellent job. But data not easily accessible.

    		  

    16. RadarSat International  
         
     

    This RADARSAT-1 change detection image was created by combining an image acquired prior to the Tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004 and an image acquired after the Tsunami.

    http://www.rsi.ca/news/press/2005/current_event_tsunami_jan05.asp

    		 

    17. ERS  
         
     

    ERS-2 / ENVISAT - SAR / ASAR / MERIS - Special Acquisition Plan for Tsunami Disaster

    http://www.knmi.nl/~meulenvd/esa/EO_User_Services_News.htm#special

    http://earth.esa.int/ew/earthquakes/Asia_earthquake_dec04/_th_indonesia_srilanka.htm

    		  

    18. International Water Management Institute (IWMI)  
         
     

    Coordinating site along with MapAction (UK) and Sri Lankan coordination unit CNO. Good GPS, ground truth, and digital photos and maps on Tsunami disaster monitoring and management. Excellent collection of satellite images and links to most Tsunami related work.

    http://www.iwmidsp.org

    		  

    19. Geo-Informatics Society of Sri Lanka(GIS-SL)  
         
     

    Tsunami related links and local news paper artciles on Tsunami disaster.

    http://www.pgia.ac.lk/GISNatSym/GIS-SL.htm

    		  

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