[HOT] NE Uganda landslides and floods: (i) Charter (satellite imagery) activation by UNOSAT/UNITAR; (ii) GIST Uganda data post

Wed Mar 3 18:16:45 GMT 2010

All-
Uganda might call for attention either in the form of an emergency response
or as a long term data (human) imports. This will depend on more accurate
info on geo extent and magnitude indicators of landslides and flooding.
Short inquiry only return the following Uganda Landslides/ Flooding page (
ReliefWebDocuments)<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&emid=LS-2010-000040-UGA&rc=1>featuring
a first
rough extent of affected
area<http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_af.nsf/luFullMap/F20BDC74B26203EDC12576DB004AB6A3/$File/LS-2010-000040-UGA_0302.pdf?OpenElement>as
well first reports (still vague).

For us to be prepared for this, you'll find below the 2 posts
above-mentioned:
(i) Charter (satellite imagery) activation by UNOSAT/UNITAR which should
provide us with status on imagery access (hopefully in a mode ensuring
re-usability by OSM, since UNITAR/UNOSAT is well aware of this need) and
their first pieces of work (flood extent and other products)
(ii) GIST Uganda data post for consideration in terms of imports-

Best
N.

Charter (satellite imagery) activation by UNOSAT/UNITAR
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Einar Bjorgo <einar.bjorgo at unitar.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: [CrisisMappers] UNOSAT: Space Charter triggered for Uganda
landslides and floods
To: emergencymapping at unosat.org

Dear all,

This is to inform you that the International Charter Space and Major
Disasters (Space Charter) has been requested triggered for landslides and
floods in Uganda. This was done by UNITAR/UNOSAT in our role as Space
Charter UN User Intermediary on behalf of UNDP Uganda.

We will keep you informed once maps and analyses will be available.

Kind regards,

Einar Bjorgo

UNOSAT - Operational Satellite Applications Programme

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Mobile:    +41 76 487 4998 (UNOSAT hotline)

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(ii) GIST Uganda data post
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Karen Payne <kpayne at itos.uga.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Subject: [GIST] Uganda Post
To: gist at listserv.itos.uga.edu

The following datasets have been published to the GIST Data Repository:

Download all datasets:
https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/temp/dwnlds/20100303/uganda_datasets.zip

Note:  Collective downloads will be available for one week.

Datasets:

  Uganda Points of Interest

  Uganda Roads

  Uganda Water Bodies

  Uganda Woods, Forests, Parks, and Water Surfaces

Downloadable Data Sets

Content Title: Uganda Points of Interest
Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
File Size: 28kB

Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team

Download Location:
https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_poi.zip

Content Title: Uganda Roads
Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
File Size: 1,040kB

Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team

Download Location:
https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_highway.zip

Content Title: Uganda Water Bodies
Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
File Size: 124kB

Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team

Download Location:
https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_water.zip

Content Title: Uganda Woods, Forests, Parks, and Water Surfaces
Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
File Size: 71kB

Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team

Download Location:
https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_natural.zip

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