MIHEA

MIHEA is Imagecat’s landmark building inventory tool for urban planners and modelers from the disaster management, insurance and reinsurance sectors. From a single high-resolution satellite image, MIHEA enables the User to rapidly quantify key data about critical structures. Just a few clicks of the mouse characterize building height, square footage and location, in a GIS-compatible format ready for 3D visualization. MIHEA is a useful complement to ground-based surveys, particularly for high-rise buildings. MIHEA can be deployed for urban centers in the US and around the World, and is particularly useful for hard-to-reach areas and cities with limited foreign access.

Developed by Pooya Sarabandi of Stanford University, CA, USA in collaboration with and funded in part by ImageCat, Inc., Long Beach, CA USA.