Exploring a new perspective on disaster damage.
Hermes is GEMS-AI’s technology initiative under development, focused on computer vision and geospatial approaches to post-disaster structural damage analysis.
Research & development · Not operationalNASA / ISS imagery · Illustrative Earth observation context
Connect imagery.
Interpret change.
Support human judgment.
The goal is to explore how imagery and machine learning can help analysts identify possible structural damage and organize observations geographically.
These are development objectives. GEMS-AI does not currently promise Hermes deployment, validated detection accuracy, automated structural assessments, agency approval, or a fixed delivery timeline.
Test what the technology can actually do.
Understand the inputs
Explore imagery quality, resolution, coverage, and the constraints that affect what can be observed.
Evaluate the interpretation
Investigate structural damage detection, uncertainty, and performance across different conditions.
Keep the analyst involved
Explore how georeferenced observations and human review could support practical damage analysis.
Three areas of development.
These describe where we want to take Hermes. They are development concepts, not currently available service packages.
Hermes Response
Explore an imagery-to-map workflow after a disaster, including potential use of UAV imagery and computer vision to flag visible structural damage for review.
Future field deployment would require defined procedures, permissions, qualified personnel, and validation.
Hermes Analytics
Investigate georeferenced damage observations, analyst review, and map and report outputs that could support recovery documentation.
GIS compatibility, reporting formats, and any integrations remain development work. No FEMA approval or compliance outcome is implied.
Hermes Infrawatch
Explore pre-disaster infrastructure vulnerability mapping, including questions around flood exposure, vegetation, and changes over time.
This is a longer-term research direction. It does not represent an active monitoring program or an established agency partnership.
Practical tools today. A broader vision in development.
The Mileage Tool and Crisis Watcher address different needs today. Hermes follows a separate development path, with structural damage imagery as its current research focus and a broader mapping and reporting vision.
Explore the commercial mileage tool ↗Bring a real-world question.
We welcome conversations about imagery, validation methods, and the challenges of post-disaster damage assessment. Any collaboration or future pilot would need a defined scope.
Discuss the development direction ↗