We utilise radar and optical satellites and aerial systems, in combination with remote sensing technology, digital terrain data, archival and open-source materials, and geographical information to provide geospatial data for risk analysis and earth surface intelligence in the fields of natural disasters, community development, energy and industrial infrastructure, and global security.

Our developing portfolio of expertise in strategic geospatial analysis includes:

· analysis of catastrophic earth surface processes for hazard assessment

· documentation and analysis of recent and historical natural disasters (e.g., urban surface damage mapping in the wake of recent natural disasters (2010 Haiti earthquake, 2011 Japan tsunami)),

· risk analysis of tsunami hazard for Pacific Ocean shoreline infrastructure,

· geohazard risk assessment

· analysis of urban disasters and urban damage mapping

· real time and archive geospatial analysis of urban damage generated by strategic and tactical aerial bombing in conflicts from 1943 to present

· geospatial structure of urban battlespace

· mapping and analysis of the response of urban surfaces to conventional missile attack  

Analysis of historical natural disasters: aftermath of debris flow/debris flood that struck the community of Britannia Beach, British Columbia in October 1921; the disaster took 37 lives. The catastrophic flow/flood was generated by extreme rainfall and the subsequent failure of a railway embankment that had obstructed the flow of Britannia Creek upstream of the community. Our retrospective analysis using FLO-2D software, generated maps of flood velocity, depth and impact forces. Together with archival maps we developed a retrospective global risk statement for the disaster (Vancouver Public Library photograph).  

Mapping and analysis of the response of urban surfaces to conventional missile attack;  density of all missile impacts during the German missile attack on London 1944-1945 in the latter phases of World War 2. Missiles involved V1 cruise missile and the V2 ballistic missile. The attacks caused massive damage to London's housing stock and the loss of nearly 8,000 lives. Impact data collated from archival sources and mapped in GIS.

Tir Geospatial is a start-up strategic geoscience company based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

For more details contact sgevans@tirgeospatial.com

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