<p dir="ltr">There's been at least 20 captures of the area by satellites in the past 3 days, but what use are they going to be at this stage of the fire? </p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, what are we going to try to achieve once the fires are done? The roads are already there and Canada/Alberta have advanced spatial capabilities and detailed data for official purposes, so the work would basically entail deleting burned down buildings.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm willing to help out, just not clear what the goal with regards to data is going to be. :)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 6, 2016 7:42 PM, "Darren Ewaniuk" <<a href="mailto:darren_ewaniuk@hotmail.com" target="_blank">darren_ewaniuk@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Global has some satellite images images after the fire attributed to Google / Terra Bella (ex-Skybox). I believe they have in the past allowed imaging for open use before (Skybox For Good program) so may be able to do so here.</p>
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<p><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2685743/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-resident-in-convoy-through-community-calls-scene-very-apocalyptic/" title="http://globalnews.ca/news/2685743/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-resident-in-convoy-through-community-calls-scene-very-apocalyptic/
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The slides near the bottom have some aerial imaging of relevance:</p>
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14 - Wood Buffalo Estates / Martin Ridge Estates (Thickwood)<br>
15 - Waterways</p>
<p>16 - Waterways (North)</p>
<p>17 - Beacon Hill (North)</p>
<p>18 - Abasands</p>
<p>19 - Aspen Gardens / Hilltop Estates / Downtown<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Heather Leson <<a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> May 5, 2016 10:39:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Simon Wood<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-ca] Fort McMurray forest fires</font>
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<p dir="ltr">Hello</p>
<p dir="ltr">Let me know if you want me to connect you to the emergency managers in the area. I will give them a heads up that you are talking about it
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<p dir="ltr">Two of them are big fans of osm so they might help. But i leave this decision with you.
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<p dir="ltr">Heather</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 May 2016 04:59, "Simon Wood" <<a href="mailto:simon@mungewell.org" target="_blank">simon@mungewell.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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On Thu, May 5, 2016 9:28 am, Andrew MacKinnon wrote:<br>
> As you are probably aware by now, a large portion of Fort McMurray,<br>
> Alberta has been destroyed by forest fires.<br>
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> Is any freely licensed aerial imagery of the affected area available<br>
> yet? Will the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team be creating a project for<br>
> Fort McMurray?<br>
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You might get some help from UrtheCast, as a Canadian company they might<br>
be willing to donate access to footage.<br>
<a href="https://www.urthecast.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.urthecast.com</a><br>
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Not sure that they can provide geo-referenced shots, but any info might be<br>
of use. Their cameras are fixed on ISS, so any orbital software/website<br>
will tell you if/when they have near passes.<br>
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They also have a live feed:<br>
<a href="https://www.urthecast.com/live" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.urthecast.com/live</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Simon.<br>
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