Esri Maps Reveal Impacts from Nepal Earthquakes

April 29, 2015  - By

Esri has added a pair of new maps to its Nepal Earthquake Maps gallery

Nepal Earthquake Swipe Map

Compare pre- and post-earthquake imagery from Airbus Defence & Space to explore damage around Nepal. This map includes several bookmarks to help users navigate around key points of interest and landmarks that were damaged or destroyed.

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Nepal Earthquake Impact Summary Map

Users can interactively explore demographic information about the people affected by the earthquake. The map fuses demographic data with the Shakemap from USGS to provide estimates about the population in each shake zone. Click a zone on the map to see how many people live in that area.

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