CNN iReport

From thousands of miles away, researchers in San Diego State University's Immersive Visualization Center, also known as the Viz Lab, are helping first-responders on the ground in Haiti.

Because of SDSU's long-standing partnership with the U.S. Navy, SDSU has been the primary resource for processing imaging data.

Find out more at: http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newsc...

Eric Frost, co-director of the SDSU Viz Lab, and his colleague, John Graham, have been working around the clock along with other Viz Lab staff members to process the massive amounts of images sent from Haiti.

Satellite and aerial images collected by U.S. Navy P-3 planes, as well as hand-held GPS devices, are being sent to the Viz Lab where they are layered together to create multi-level maps that are helping military and relief organizations navigate Haiti's treacherous roads and damage left behind by massive earthquake two weeks ago.

The maps are helping relief organizations get supplies into areas that need it by showing roads that have been cleared, the location of refugee camps that have been set up and informing the U.S. Navy on the critical areas that need to be rebuilt.

See the Haiti data maps here:

http://www.inrelief.org/