[HOT] Disaster waiting to happen in Pakistan

[Shoaib Burq]

Sam this is a very useful start, thanks

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Sam Vekemans
<acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just grabbed an OSM screen-view of what i guess is the area.
> http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/-7INh0x5ALy2kOQ-CCFX6g?feat=directlink
>
> and to make relief maps is here. (for mapsource and OSM files).
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GroundTruth_For_Dummies#Generating_Maps_With_Relief_Contours
>
> The map is very vague
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.167&lon=74.934&zoom=9&layers=B000FTF
>
> With looking at the cyclemap, we can see areas of where water 'could' be.
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=36.593&lon=74.686&zoom=11&layers=00B0FTF
> and carries the most likely probability that it would be populated.
>
> It appears that some rivers & lakes have been mapped in the area.
>
> I just had a quick search, but unfortunately it's copyrighed
> http://www.mapmart.com/Products/Digital-Elevation-Models/DEM/Digital-Elevation-Model-Afghanistan.htm
>
> But it would be just looking at the output Contours*.osm files and finding
> the lowest elevations / median / between / highest & adding colour.
>
> You can download the OpenStreetMap Google Earth overlay
> http://www.mgmaps.com/kml/
> Or click this link for default values:     >>> maps.kml <<<  (with no
> transparency) ...i used a 50% transparency, which seems to look good)
>
> And you can view the SRTM4 DEM data as a Google Earth Overlay
> http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/
> download:  Download SRTM KML file click here
>
> I have a sample here of what it looks like ...
> http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/eMwMXLkg-xqDirImWUbnXw?feat=directlink
> You can find the coordinates (tile #) here
> http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp
>
> Sorry i couldn't be of any further help.
>
> Sam
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On the reliefweb.int web site are a small scale location map:
>>
>> Hunzu Landslide (as of 7 Jan 2010) - Location Map
>>
>> http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LPAA-7ZPCD3?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=pak
>>
>> and report (about what seems to be the initial landslide - 13 Jan 2010):
>>
>> Focus Humanitarian Assistance Provides Relief for Landslide Victims in
>> Hunza, Pakistan
>>
>> http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/DKAN-7ZNNZ9?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=pak
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jean-Guilhem
>>
>>
>> Sam Vekemans a écrit :
>>
>> Whats the bbox area? (water area to city)
>> Its easy to make a Groundtruth 10m contour / OSM Garman MapSource map from
>> it.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On 3/23/10, Shoaib Burq <shoaib at nomad-labs.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Kashif (cc'd) just made me aware that Aljazeera has reported a dam
>> threat in the Hunza valley, Pakistan
>>
>> (http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2010/03/18/threat-dam-keeps-pakistanis-edge)
>> that has the potential to burst and cause loss of life and property
>> down stream. They also have a video report (It seems very serious
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_-SXKIXPkI). There is hardly any data
>> available for this part of Pakistan on osm.
>>
>> I have setup a wiki page
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hunza,_Pakistan_Dam_Threat_March_2010
>> to start listing datasets.
>> If you know of any map sources please list them there. we can then
>> look at georeferencing them somehow.
>>
>> If someone know about the applicability of  SRTM data set for doing
>> network flow analysis to predict what might be likely flow effects
>> please let me know.
>>
>> Shoaib Burq
>> --
>> Canberra, Australia
>> Coordinator, MAPS
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