The "Atlas of Remote Sensing for Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster" [汶川地震灾害遥感图集] was published in October 2008 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

Produced by CEODE [China Earth Observation and Digital Earth Sciences Center] in collaboration with six other technical and administrative organizations, the atlas provides post-processed images showing the characteristics of the earthquake and its impact zone, together with damage assessments for waterways, dams, residences, roads, civil engineering structures, and natural environment.

ISBN: 9787030228161

A group of 700 villagers, stranded by the earthquake without food and water, were rescued when their "SOS700" signal, painted on top of a building, was spotted by an ADS40 Airborne Digital Sensor on May 16th. The Leica Systems ADS40 sensor had been loaned to the China Academy of Science by the Taiyuan Aerial Photography Company, as part of the emergency relief efforts.

Emergency drainage efforts by troops and rescue workers to drain the Tangjiashan Lake resulted in the successful diversion of the lake into the lower reaches of the Jianjiang and Fujiang Rivers.

ASTER satellite image, acquired on June 1, 2008, showing two of the large landslide dams and lakes upstream from the town of Chi-Kua-Kan at 32º12'N latitude and 104º50'E longitude.
[Processed by Robert E. Crippen at NASA JPL.]

An expanded version of the draft published online, dealing with the plate tectonics and causes of the earthquake has now been published in the latest issue of Geological Society of America journal, GSA Today.

The article is a collaboration between researchers at three institutions:

1) MIT - Dept of Earth,Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
2) Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources

The Visualization and Interactive Media Lab (VIML) of the National Center for High-Performance Computing (Taiwan) has produced 3D fly-through visualizations of the earthquake impacts.

Another version of the side-by-side 3D Terrain Visualization of Impact Areas (for 2006 and 2008) has been posted here, in case the connection to the VIML site is slow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOjFIU8cE0

Links to five post-processed low-resolution images with legends in Chinese showing the landslide areas and barrier lakes created by the earthquake. (English translations for each image are provided).

Includes images for:
Nanba Town (Pingwu County)
Tangjiashan Lake (Xuanping Township)
Hongguang Town (Qingchuan County)
Shiba Town (Qingchuan County)
Magong Town (Qingchuan County)

UNOSAT (the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme) has published ten maps of their damage assessments and other analysis, based on Remote Sensing imagery. All of the post-processed images are available for free download and re-use with attribution to UNOSAT.

The map series includes situation maps of Beichuan and Maowen, and excellent study of Tangjiashan Lake.

Using tomographic imaging, GPS readings in the field, and other sources, MIT EAPS researchers and their colleagues in Sichuan studied the wavespread and tectonics of the Wenchuan Earthquake event. Includes 11 illustrations in PNG format.

PAPER: "Interpretation of the earthquake-induced slope failures using FORMOSAT-2
imagery in Beichuan area, Sichuan Province, China" 4 June 2008

by Hiroshi P. SATO
Geography and Crustal Dynamics Research Center,
Geographical Survey Institute, Japan