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This map illustrates satellite-detected areas of likely building and vegetation damages

caused by the magnitude 8.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami on 29 September 2009.

A total of 11 damage sites were identified based on post-disaster satellite imagery

collected from 30 September to 4 October 2009. Each site has a corresponding high

resolution focus map within the PDF document. Damage identification was restricted by

the partial coverage and spatial resolution of the imagery, as well as by cloud cover. It is

probable therefore that damages have been underestimated. This assessment is a

preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground

feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT.

Satellite Data (1)................. Formosat-2
Imagery Dates ................... 30 Sept.- 3 October 2009
Resolution .........................  2 meters (pansharpened)
Copyright ............................ NSPO-2009
Satellite Data (2) ................ SPOT-5 (2.5m Panshapened)
Imagery Date ...................... 4 October 2009
Copyright ...........................  SPOT Image 2009
Elevation Data ................... ASTER GDEM / SRTM
Resolution ......................... 27m / 87m
Source .............................. METI & NASA 2009
Vector Data ........................ Google Map Maker 2009

Bathymetry Data ................. GEBCO
Other Data ......................... USGS, NGA, WDPA
Charter PM.......................... USAID/OFDA
Analysis ............................. UNITAR / UNOSAT
Map Production ................  UNITAR / UNOSAT
Projection ........................... UTM Zone 2 South
Datum ................................ WGS-84 (EGM-96)

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The depiction and use of boundaries,

geographic names and related data shown

here are not warranted to be error-free nor

do they imply official endorsement or

acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT

is a program of the United Nations Institute

for Training and Research (UNITAR),

providing satellite imagery and related

geographic information, research and

analysis to UN humanitarian & development

agencies & their implementing partners.

Disaster coverage by the

International Charter 'Space and

Major Disasters'. For more

information on the Charter, which

is about assisting the disaster

relief organizations with multi-

satellite data and information, visit

www.disasterscharter.org

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