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

Wed Mar 3 18:24:43 GMT 2010

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  Type of Event Other  Location of Event Ivano-Frankisvk region, Ukraine  Date
of Charter Activation 25/02/2010  Charter Requestor UNITAR/UNOSAT on behalf
of UNEP/OCHA  Project Management UNITAR/UNOSAT  Description of the Event

The territory of the town of Kalush and villages of Kropyvnyk and
Sivka-Kalusha in Kalush district of Ivano-Frankisvk region were declared an
"ecological catastrophe zone" for a period of 90 days by Presidential decree

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:16 PM, nicolas chavent
<nicolas.chavent at gmail.com>wrote:

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> 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).
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> 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-
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> Best
> N.
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> 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
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> Dear all,
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> 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.
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> We will keep you informed once maps and analyses will be available.
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> Kind regards,
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> Einar Bjorgo
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> UNOSAT - Operational Satellite Applications Programme
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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
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> The following datasets have been published to the GIST Data Repository:
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> Download all datasets:
> https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/temp/dwnlds/20100303/uganda_datasets.zip
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> Note:  Collective downloads will be available for one week.
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> Datasets:
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>   Uganda Points of Interest
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>   Uganda Roads
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>   Uganda Water Bodies
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>   Uganda Woods, Forests, Parks, and Water Surfaces
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> Downloadable Data Sets
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> Content Title: Uganda Points of Interest
> Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
> Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
> File Size: 28kB
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> Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
> Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
> Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team
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> Download Location:
> https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_poi.zip
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> Content Title: Uganda Roads
> Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
> Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
> File Size: 1,040kB
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> Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
> Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
> Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team
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> Download Location:
> https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_highway.zip
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> Content Title: Uganda Water Bodies
> Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
> Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
> File Size: 124kB
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> Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
> Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
> Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team
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> Download Location:
> https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_water.zip
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> Content Title: Uganda Woods, Forests, Parks, and Water Surfaces
> Data Format: ESRI Shapefile
> Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
> File Size: 71kB
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> Data Originator: CloudMade (OpenStreetMap)
> Data Provider: University of Georgia - ITOS
> Data Distributor: Geographic Information Support Team
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> Download Location:
> https://gist.itos.uga.edu/data/africa/countries/uganda/datasets/uganda_natural.zip
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