Assessment of Post-earthquake Building Damage Using High-resolution Satellite Images and LiDAR Data - a Case Study From Port-au-prince, Haiti

When an earthquake happens, one of the most important tasks of disaster managers is to conduct damage assessment; this is mostly done from remotely sensed data. This study presents a new method for building detection and damage assessment using high-resolution satellite images and LiDAR data from Po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koohikamali, Mehrdad
Other Authors: Dong, Pinliang
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of North Texas 2014
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700081/