Video Research of Hurricane Katrina Damage to New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward

Andrew Curtis, who teaches geography at the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, is gathering video evidence of the devastation and rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Curtis has developed a spatial video system using multiple cameras connected to a central global positioning system. This system is hooked up to a car to record images of what the neighborhoods, specifically the hard-hit Lower 9th Ward, look like. Using a GPS signal encoded on the video, Curtis then layers the images over a digital map so that clicking on any spot on the map will bring up a video of what that area looked like at the time the video was made.

In addition to the filming, Curtis' research includes work with pastors and other community leaders to discuss the most pressing neighborhood matters, which include a lack of services, vegetation overgrowth and a rising crime rate.

The video posted here is from February 2010.

Read "Years Later, Katrina's Mark Is Still Visible," a USC News release about this project: http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/years_later_katrinas_mark_still_visib...

Visit the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Web site: http://college.usc.edu/

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[knelson6599]

Do we really want "recovery" in the sense of back to pre-disaster population and footprint? Isn't that just setting us up for the same thing again. We need "smart" recovery.

[asiaqueen4ever]

new orleans will improve in time. R.I.P to all the people who died in Hurricane Katrina

[BoltanandZoltan]

dang