<div dir="ltr">Hi Thomas, <div><br></div><div>You might want to check out the DigitalGlobe Maps API - this offers (free) global high resolution coverage.  You add it as a plugin to QGIS and do the mapping from there.</div><div><br></div><div>Check out this link if you are interested, <a href="https://developer.digitalglobe.com/using-maps-api-with-qgis/">https://developer.digitalglobe.com/using-maps-api-with-qgis/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br>Colleen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Robert Banick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbanick@gmail.com" target="_blank">rbanick@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Thomas,<div><br></div><div>Try speaking to Mikel Maron at Mapbox (and HOT) (<a href="mailto:mikel.maron@hotosm.org" target="_blank">mikel.maron@hotosm.org</a>). Sometimes Mapbox can help out by procuring high resolution imagery for specific areas and adding it to the Mapbox Satellite layer accessible through JOSM.</div><div><br></div><div>If that doesn’t work I suggest you reach out to the U.S. State Department’s Mapgive: Imagery to the Crowd initiative (<a href="http://mapgive.state.gov/ittc/" target="_blank">http://mapgive.state.gov/<wbr>ittc/</a>). Often they can secure existing imagery for you and/or procure custom imagery on request.</div><div><br></div><div>You’ll probably need to prepare a specific AOI for all these requests.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Robert<br></div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:32 PM Jean-Guilhem Cailton <<a href="mailto:jgc@arkemie.com" target="_blank">jgc@arkemie.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Le 22/11/2016 à 11:46, Thomas Kandler a écrit :<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
> Hi folks,<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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> sorry for the OT, but I have a question with seems suitable for the<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
> audience:<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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> is it possible to aquire high-res imagery (meaning <=10m + maybe<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
> multispectral) for non-profit use in Sierra Leone in a cost-saving way?<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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> The non-profit is aiming to map out the mining activity in the whole<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
> country to get a grip on the administration of those activities.<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
> Unfortunately they have little to no funds for software or data.<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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> Just a shot in the dark from me, so ignore if too OT.<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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> Thanks & have a great day<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
> Thomas<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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Hi Thomas,<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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For free 10 m resolution imagery - that could be suitable for mapping<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
mining activity -, you could have a look at Sentinel 2 satellite images<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
(also multispectral, with various lower resolutions):<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
<a href="http://sentinel-pds.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/browser.html" rel="noreferrer" class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://sentinel-pds.s3-<wbr>website.eu-central-1.<wbr>amazonaws.com/browser.html</a><br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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Best wishes,<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
Jean-Guilhem<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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"Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain."<br class="m_6937956708997074671gmail_msg">
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