e-GEOS, a joint venture between Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency, has produced an assessment of the damage suffered by the city of Concepcion, Chile, as a result of the earthquake of 27 February 2010, which it has provided to the UN’s Department of Field Support and the Italian foreign affairs ministry.
The images were acquired and produced as part of the European Commission’s G-MOSAIC (GMES Services for the Management of Operations, Situation Awareness and Intelligence for Regional Crises) project, in collaboration with EUSC (European Union Satellite Centre).
e-GEOS’s analysis is based on various optical and radar images, particularly a Rapid Eye satellite image, another acquired by the International Space Station on 27 February and one by the COSMO-SkyMed satellites on 28 February.
The map highlights some of the damage to Concepcion’s major infrastructure, in particular that sustained by the oil refinery owned by Empresa Nacional de Petroleo, the Old Bridge on the Bio-Bio River and the water purification plant.
Link to map catalogue:
http://spatial.telespazio.it/gmosaic_chile/
