When the earth shakes, the clock starts ticking. For first responders in urban environments following an earthquake, the first minutes and hours are crucial for locating survivors and assessing damage. Following a pair of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24, emergency technology high above the earth snapped into action before the dust had settled to give officials on the ground the information they needed to save lives. A geospatial data coordination…