Updating GIS building inventory data using high-resolution satellite images for earthquake damage assessment: Application to Metro Manila, Philippines

In order to conduct earthquake damage assessment, a methodology for updating GIS building inventory data in Metro Manila, Philippines, using remote sensing data is proposed. The locations of newly constructed mid- and high-rise buildings are detected from high-resolution satellite images using the image analysis technique, while the number of low-rise buildings is estimated from the built-up areas on a land cover classification map. The building inventory data is updated by incorporating the data on the newly constructed buildings into the existing data. The number of buildings in the updated inventory data shows good agreement with the results of the manual interpretation and a recent survey. A building damage assessment for a scenario earthquake is conducted using the updated inventory data.