Launching of WinITRIS GRAPHIC SHELL with a built-in subroutine for calculation of dynamic tsunami sources, is another WAPMERR initiative within the framework of the ITRIS Project.

SEISMICITY PATTERN STUDIES in collaboration with personnel from the Institute for Geophysics at the ETH Zurich, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the National Observatory Athens, and the NEID in Tsukuba, Japan have lead to publications on (a) identification of asperities in fault zones in California, (b) mapping of magma chambers beneath the volcano Mt. Pinatubo, (c) seismic hazard mapping in Greece, and (d) seismic hazard analysis in parts of Japan. (See publication list).

WAPMERR is running a pilot project to create expert systems for Tsunami risk assessment in SEAGOOS countries.

INVENTORY OF BUILDINGS FROM SATELLITE IMAGES: We have collected high resolution satellite images of 1,000 cities in earthquake and tsunami prone areas. From these, we propose to derive the numbers of buildings, classifying them by their height in countries where evaluation by engineers on foot cannot be expected for decades.

SATELLITE IMAGES FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS: Together with UNOSAT, WAPMERR is planning to establish a library of cities in earthquake and tsunami prone areas, from which images useful for orientation by rescue teams can be downloaded in real time after a disaster strikes.