Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Camilla Favaretti.
In its campaign, called “See you again, Kathmandu,” Baidu has appealed to Internet users to upload their photographs of historic sites.
A small team from Skycatch, a San Francisco-based startup, flew into Kathmandu a few days ago. They’re on a mission to provide an accurate 3D model of the damaged UNESCO World Heritage Sites, so that proactive steps can be taken to protect them before the monsoon season starts.
Camilla Favaretti is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine
Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery.
Information on heritage and historic buildings—context, background, and impacts—from the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake.
