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Japanese Earthquake & Tsunami - Comprehensive Map & Imagery Resources

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011
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Here is a comprehensive list of map resources compiled by the editors of Directions Magazine.

Japanese Earthquake & Tsunami Map Resourse

* Recently updated

Wall Street Journal
 
Harvard University
 
Center for Satellite-based Crisis Information
 
*GeoEye/Google imagery of before/after impact

AnotherEarth.org
Web map application

Texas Tech
 
ERDAS
 
NOAA
National Data Bouy Center - monitoring stations that record water column height
 
USGS
 
Google
Google's Crisis Response Team has set up a website with links to resources concerning the earthquake and subsequent tsunami off the coast of Japan.
 
Esri
Global Incident Viewer - a map of earthquake and aftershock locations
* Esri Trends Map...includes information from Ushahidi
 
MapLarge.com
Location of Japan's earthquake as well as Pacific Rim siesmic activity
 
American Geophysical Union
A resource center from the nation's leading geophysicists
 
New York Times
Interactive Map with photos of areas impacted by earthquake and tsunami
Before and after imagery of selected areas taken by GeoEye
 
CNN
 
Google Earth Blog
Download KML files of earthquake and tsunami-affected areas of Japan.
 
DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe has released newly acquired imagery of earthquake and tsunami-affected areas of Japan.
 
Washington Post
Three maps are offered on "affected areas," "aftershocks," and "tsunami intensity."

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