Scatterings
Using Satellite Maps to Aid Japan
Yvonne Carts-Powell
In response to explosions at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in the week after Japan’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, mapmakers at the Rochester Institute of Technology quickly made maps from satellite images to help emergency responders.
Before-and-after images of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) as acquired by WorldView-2 and GeoEye-1 satellites on March 17 and 19, 2011.
In response to explosions at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in the week after Japan’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, mapmakers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) quickly made maps from satellite images to help emergency responders.
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Publish Date: 01 May 2011