[HOT] Pakistan floods

[Shoaib Burq]

OK going by the worst affected areas according to BBC
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10834414#worst_affected_areas)

So this area I found looks good:
http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/EarthExplorer/phtml/results/display_full.phtml?cseq=2071&entity_id=DZB00400700056H011001

Katie, I am happy to buy this after you and others have reviewed it
and think its going to be useful. Essentially I would imagine any
populated areas close to the banks of the Indus River in the NW region
is useful. We also have this flood hazard map from 2007 as a guide
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/04683811C4BA31A485257773006F3A57/$File/map.pdf?OpenElement

Let me know if you stumble upon better imagery

Shoaib

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Katie Filbert <filbertk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Shoaib Burq <shoaib at nomad-labs.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Katie,
>>
>> great idea! do you have links to Corona imagery for Pakistan? Perhaps
>> we can start setting up a WMS?
>>
>
> Shoaib,
>
> I'm searching the inventory here:
>
> http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/ (you can see previews; some have
> high cloud cover; others don't)
>
> I have worked with this imagery before... the imagery itself is located at
> the National Archives in College Park, Maryland and ordering / downloading
> is normally done through the USGS.
>
> They are beginning to make some available for download; then it needs to be
> georeferenced, like aerial photographs and put into a WMS.
>
> What's not available for download can be ordered ($30/frame). I was at the
> Archives on Saturday, and know it's possible to go there, make our own scans
> or obtain them there, without cost.
>
> I would like to do a proof of concept with a small trial area and see if
> this is useful or not. (this portion of Pakistan might be a good area)  If
> we demonstrate it's useful, then my hope is that the Archives / USGS can
> make more readily available for download.
>
> -Katie
>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Shoaib
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Katie Filbert <filbertk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Shoaib Burq <shoaib at nomad-labs.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> good point Kate - I'll start checking
>> >>
>> >
>> > Of course current, high-resolution imagery is best, if we have it with
>> > the
>> > Yahoo imagery or can get as with Haiti
>> >
>> > That said, something I am exploring is use of high-resolution
>> > declassified
>> > CIA Corona satellite imagery that was collected in the 1970s.  Some
>> > features
>> > / places may have changed a lot since then, others less so and older
>> > imagery
>> > may still be useful for OpenStreetMap.  It may be possible to roughly
>> > compare the Corona imagery with Landsat to see how much a place has
>> > changed
>> > or not.
>> >
>> > What do people think of this idea?  Some areas like Pakistan would be
>> > especially well-covered by the satellite imagery program.
>> >
>> > -Katie
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
>> >> > There might be older Yahoo imagery as a baseline.
>> >> >
>> >> > Perhaps linking to those areas in the wiki can help people know where
>> >> > to
>> >> > start?
>> >> >
>> >> > -Kate
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Shoaib Burq <shoaib at nomad-labs.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Schuyler,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> we started a page on the wiki:
>> >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2010_07_Pakistan_Floods
>> >> >> As you can see that part of Pakistan is in desperate need of data.
>> >> >> Most
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> the towns aren't even named. How do you suggest we proceed?
>> >> >> If people know of imagery they should post it and we can host it and
>> >> >> tell Red Crescent about it - who's contact I have put on the wiki as
>> >> >> well.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Shoaib
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Schuyler Erle <schuyler at nocat.net>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>> The flooding in the Swat Valley in Pakistan is starting to look
>> >> >>> bad.
>> >> >>> At what point do we "activate" and start trying to host imagery and
>> >> >>> get the
>> >> >>> community to participate, et cetera? We don't seem to have a
>> >> >>> protocol for
>> >> >>> this yet.
>> >> >>>
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