Google Street View project: before/after Japan's Tsunami

In very much the fashion that I had written in an open blog post last March, Google has preserved and documented the Great Tohoku Earthquake in all sorts of ways.  Today, the latest effort has been made public in a Google blog post.

Google had sent StreetView vehicles throughout areas that were devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and resulting massive tsunami.  With it, they have created a website that documents, in StreetView, before and after.

The project is called "Memories for the future."

Some areas seem to have recovered well or weren't affected much, while others clearly have been wiped off the face of the Earth and remain that way.  Miyagi prefecture was one of those places that was heavily affected.

Before

After

Before

After

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With great thanks and gratitude, to Google.