The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is sharing its aerial images and data to assist rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria, which have been ravaged by earthquakes.
It is used to measure how the ground moves and built landscape changes after an earthquake, the agency posted on its website.
A team of scientists at the Earth Observatory of Singapore and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory collected images before and after the earthquake and created a ‘damage proxy map’ for Turkey.
ALSO READ: 5 days on, search for survivors continues; toll nears 24,000 The NASA members not only provide observations and maps through the Disaster Mapping Portal, they are also involved in coordination calls by the US Agency for International Development.
The NASA scientists are using space and ground-based observations to improve ability to decode the events arising from the natural disaster.
They can spot areas which might be prone to heightened landslide risks.

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