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Jan 28, 2010 Update: 

Thanks to Joe Francica of the Directions Magazine’s All Points Blog for offering up their list of Haitian Earthquake Relief Resources.  Their list of resources is very extensive and is located at:

http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/7147-Update-4-Multiple-Geospatial-Resources-for-the-Haitian-Earthquake-Efforts.html

Original Jan 27, 2010 Post:

I have been searching for sources of geospatial information for Haiti.  Here is a short list of the resources I have found:

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Unclassified Haiti Earthquake Crisis Relief Page 

U.S. Army Geospatial Center Haiti Page

U.S. Army Geospatial Center’s Haiti Maps Page

DigitalGlobe’s Earthquake Image Gallery and Damage Analysis

Delta State University Product Directory for Haiti

Delta State University’s GeoPDF Product Directory

I will continue to search for more sources and post frequent updates to the list.

GeoEye (www.geoeye.com) is producing some small scene High-Resolution Haiti imagery on it’s featured imagery website.  It is recent, very high resolution imagery, and updated frequently.  It is located here.  Link.  You can follow what is happening in Haiti through the imagery.

The following Post was located on the Google Earth Blog on Jan 13, 2010 and is located here: Link

Imagery Layer for Haiti Earthquake has been released

Google has been working with GeoEye over the last 24 hours to get fresh imagery from Haiti to help aid relief efforts. They’ve just released a KML file for it, which you’re encouraged to download. The file is actually a network link, so Google can push additional imagery to you without having to release another KML.

The imagery is remarkably sharp, and shows some amazing scenes such a a soccer field turned into a make-shift camp (shown above), and smoke continuing to billow out of some buildings.

Google has done similar things in the past, with events such as the Myanmar Cyclone or Hurricane Katrina.

In addition to the KML file, Google has set up a crisis response page for the earthquake with lots of information. Specifically, those that are able are encouraged to give donations to help rebuild lives and communities.