[HOT] Maps of Northern Kenya and Somalia
Peter STUMPF
Peter.STUMPF at unoosa.org
Thu Aug 4 11:34:57 BST 2011
Dear Bob,
please have a look at the compilation we're providing on our Knowledge
Portal: http://www.un-spider.org/horn-of-africa-2011
You can find maps / products on different areas, which are being updated
on a regular basis.
Unfortunately there is no raw data available yet, but therefore some high
res products as JPG and/or KML
Please let me know, if you find it useful and if you find some more data
out there in the web.
Regards,
Peter
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Bob Kerr <openstreetmapcraigmillar at yahoo.co.uk>
Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:26
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[HOT] Maps of Northern Kenya and Somalia
Hi,
I am finding it frustrating that I cannot get decent satellite images of
the famine struck regions of northern Kenya and Somalia, I have taken it
upon myself to add comments to any story in the Independent newspaper that
concerns this story. I am just pointing out that with all the billions of
dollars of aid that is slowly going to the region that there are no
publicly available maps for the region. With the UN and the largest Aid
Agencies going there, yet there is no discussion about the necessity of
maps to help these agencies or to start planning for long term
development. The fact that the refugee camp in Daadab has been there for
20 years and yet there is no map of it.
So I am asking for a little help. If you see an article in a newspaper
about the famine can you post a comment about public maps and the
availability of UN Satellite images. We all pay for the UN so I would
have thought that the images should be under a public domain licence
The Independent newspaper is here
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/
but if your prefer you own newspaper then thats good too
Cheers
Bob
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