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Table 1 Update of the GIS layer of buildings for 11 villages using Google Earth

From: A method for evaluating population and infrastructure exposed to natural hazards: tests and results for two recent Tonga tsunamis

Village

Population in census

No. of buildings in census

No. of buildings mapped from Google Earth in the GIS layer

Feletoa

363

58

92

Hunga

178

39

90

Vaka’eitu

24

5

15

Makave

381

72

84

Matamaka

79

23

46

Mounu

1

1

2

Nuapapu

98

23

34

Okoa

261

48

68

Ovaka

97

20

31

Ta’anea

644

128

133

Utungake

285

57

70

Euakafa

6

2

7