Delivered by Ingenta to: Ryerson University Library IP: 79.110.18.46 On: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:38:08 Copyright: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING February 2016 79 IntroductIon On May 22, 1960, a 9.5-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded, occurred off the coast of Chile. On September 16, 2015 Chile was again struck by a 8.3-moment magnitude earthquake. In 2013, 22 million people worldwide were dis- placed due to natural disaster events (IDMC, 2014). These di- sasters have a tremendous impact on the lives of the poorest of the poor, who often are not prepared to cope with natural hazards. For them, a hurricane, an earthquake, a tornado, or a drought, may involve the deepening of their already precar- ious situation. Figure 1 (UN SPIDER, 2013), documents how loss of life and property due to disasters is increasing glob- ally. Figure 2 (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning A GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot Project for Disasters in Chile By Lucia Lovison, Luciano Parodi, Alvaro Monett, Pablo Dueñas, Stuart Frye, Stefano Nativi, and Mattia Santoro System or GITEWS, 2015) shows how a framework of Earth observations and information derived from both space and in-situ networks can support national and local frst respond- ers and provide effective tools to rapidly map injuries, dam- ages and identify possible safe areas. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing Vol. 82, No. 2, February 2016, pp. 79–85. 0099-1112/16/79–85 © 2015 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing doi: 10.14358/PERS.83.2.79