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ImageCat joins the U.S. DOT/NASA National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation as a Technology Applications Partner Long Beach, CA - September 10, 2001. In September of 2001, ImageCat was awarded a multi-year project to apply remote sensing technologies in post-disaster damage assessment of highway systems. This program, which represents collaboration of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is one of the first programs to focus on transportation applications of commercial remote sensing technologies. ImageCat and its project partners, the University of California at Irvine, the University of Nevada at Reno and
the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) are demonstrating the capabilities of remote sensing
technologies, in particular synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and high resolution optical images, in quantifying the
scope and magnitude of damage to transportation elements after major natural disasters. For purposes of
demonstration and validation, the project team is using earthquake as the demonstration hazard. By the end of
this study, the project will provide a validated methodology for detecting changes (damage) to transportation
systems after disasters. Ultimately, this methodology would be used by transportation agencies and emergency
response organizations to detect post-event damage to bridges and highways in near real-time, thus improving
response and recovery. 
Contacts: Ronald T. Eguchi |
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