Investigations using social media and open data provide insight into the events of the Syrian Civil War. This project aims to better understand and support these investigations. First, a study was conducted to evaluate the methodologies used by five organizations conducting open source investigations into the Syria conflict. The study identified major methodological shortcomings relating to an overreliance on inconsistent physical data and subjective social media data to substantiate findings. To address these shortcomings, the second part of the project develops an online Google Earth Engine tool that uses publicly available Sentinel-1 imagery to detect damage. The tool successfully detects large building damage and provides useful functionality for open source investigators.
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机译：使用社交媒体和开放数据的调查提供了对叙利亚内战事件的见解。该项目旨在更好地了解和支持这些调查。首先，进行了一项研究，以评估对叙利亚冲突进行开源调查的五个组织使用的方法。该研究确定了与过度依赖不一致的物理数据和主观社交媒体数据来证实研究结果有关的主要方法缺陷。为了解决这些缺点，该项目的第二部分开发了一个在线 Google Earth Engine 工具，该工具使用公开可用的 Sentinel-1 图像来检测损坏情况。该工具成功检测大型建筑物损坏，并为开源调查人员提供有用的功能。
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