Google Images Document Devastation of 2011 Tsunami in Japan
As part of an ongoing project to digitally archive the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, Google has published several new panoramic images that provide a sobering glimpse of the widespread
devastation in communities across the region. The images, taken with the
company’s Street View technology in four cities in the TÅhoku region,
allows users to take a virtual tour of seriously damaged buildings
before they are demolished. One panoramic view of a public housing
project illustrates the height of the tsunami wave, which ruined
everything up to the fourth floor of the building. Another image, of the
condemned Ukedo Elementary School, shows the collapsed auditorium floor
beneath the banner of a graduation ceremony that was never held. The
images were added to Google’s “Memories for the Future” website, which is chronicling the affected areas from before and after the tsunami.
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