e-GEOS (a Telespazio/Italian
Space Agency company) is providing satellite maps of road conditions in
the haitian areas of Jacmel and Léogâne, the earthquake's epicentre,
to the United Nations, the World Food
Programme (WFP), the Italian Civil Protection
Department, the Italian ministries of
foreign affairs (crisis units) and defence,
and the Spanish Red Cross.
The areas, located a few dozen kilometres from the capital Port au Prince, have been awaiting aid operations for some time due to poor road conditions and inefficient co-ordination of relief following the disaster.
Initial relief efforts only reached the two centres, sadly known as ghost cities, a few hours ago, while the Rapid Mapping Team, e-GEOS’s task force of engineers, is continuing to produce data and analysis on road conditions in the area and is working to obtain damage assessment maps.
The work was carried out under the European Commission’s G-MOSAIC (GMES Services for the
Management of Operations, Situation Awareness and Intelligence for Regional Crises) project.
link to map catalogue
