Tohoku University (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture) International Research Institute of Disaster Science has released a video search system "Video Review 3.11-The Great East Japan Earthquake Public Video Finder-" that allows you to trace the occurrence and damage of the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.At that time, we developed a system that can search videos on a map in order to verify what happened and prevent repeated damage in the future.The purpose of this site is to give the general public a correct knowledge and awareness of the tsunami while imagining where and what kind of damage was done by looking back on the situation at that time with video information. There is.

 The Great East Japan Earthquake, an unprecedented catastrophe, occurred on March 2011, 3.A huge tsunami struck the Pacific coast, causing many casualties.Even now, six years after the earthquake, many videos recording the tragic disaster site, such as the state of the coastal area at the time of the tsunami, are available on the Internet.However, since there were not many videos released with location information, the institute worked to visually identify the "location where the image was taken".Then, you can plot the specified location on the map and search for the location.In addition, we have developed a mechanism that allows you to search by classifying by the axes of "immediately after the tsunami," "tsunami invasion," and "at the time of an earthquake."Currently, about 11 videos are linked (as of February 6).

 The specific use of the search site is to check videos of places similar to the area where you live, to imagine possible disaster situations, to simulate evacuation behavior, and so on. It mentions the time when disaster prevention organizations and administrative staff hold workshops to think about disaster prevention in the area.

: [Tohoku University] We have released a video search system "Reflecting on Video 3.11-The Great East Japan Earthquake Public Video Finder-" regarding the tsunami invasion situation and damage.

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