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US aircraft approved for Myanmar aid mission-US
Source: Reuters
(adds details, previously CRAWFORD, Texas) By Jeremy Pelofsky CRAWFORD, Texas, May 9 (Reuters) - After resisting for days, Myanmar's military government agreed to allow one U.S. military aircraft ...
Source: Reuters
(adds details, previously CRAWFORD, Texas) By Jeremy Pelofsky CRAWFORD, Texas, May 9 (Reuters) - After resisting for days, Myanmar's military government agreed to allow one U.S. military aircraft ...
FEATURE-Kenya's nomads feel pain of food price rises
Source: Reuters
By Hereward Holland EL RAM, Kenya, May 9 (Reuters) - It is tempting to romanticise the lifestyle of nomads in Kenya's northeast -- a land peppered with vast termite mounds which burst from rust- ...
Source: Reuters
By Hereward Holland EL RAM, Kenya, May 9 (Reuters) - It is tempting to romanticise the lifestyle of nomads in Kenya's northeast -- a land peppered with vast termite mounds which burst from rust- ...
Flood Water Detection &
Affected Village Estimate for Labutta Township, Myanmar
Source: UNOSAT
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over the affected Labutta Township (MMR017016), south-west of the capital Yangon, Myanmar on 5 May 2008. Standing flood waters were detected with MODIS Terra & Aqua satellite imagery acquired on 5 May 2008 at a spatial resolution of 250m. Villages within the flood zone were identified and tabulated for the township of Labutta. This flood detection and affected village assessment is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Map scale for A3: 1:300,000; Projection : UTM Zone 46 North; Datum : WGS 1984
Satellite Data : MODIS Terra & Aqua
Imagery Date : 5 May & 15 April 2008
Resolution : 250m
Image Source: NASA
GIS Data : USGS, NGA, FAO, Respond/Keyobs
Admin data : MIMU, WHO
Flood Analysis : UNOSAT (7 May 2008)
Map Production : UNOSAT (8 May 2008)
Flood Water Detection &
Affected Village Estimate for Twantay Township, Myanmar
Source: UNOSAT
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over the affected Twantay Township (MMR013027), south of the capital Yangon, Myanmar on 7 May 2008. Standing flood waters were detected with DMC satellite imagery acquired on 7 May 2008 at a spatial resolution of 32m. Villages and built-up settlement areas within the flood zone were identified and tabulated for the township of Twantay. An estimated 234 villages within Twantay Township are likely submerged or severely flooded. This flood detection and affected village assessment is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Map Scale for A3: 1:155,000; Projection : UTM Zone 46 North; Datum; WGS 1984
Satellite Data : DMC-UK
Imagery Date : 7 May 2008 & 15 Feb. 2005
Resolution : 32m
Image Source: DMC International Imaging Ltd.
GIS Data : USGS, NGA, FAO, Respond/Keyobs
Admin data : MIMU, WHO
Flood Analysis : UNOSAT (7 May 2008)
Map Production : UNOSAT (8 May 2008)
Source: UNOSAT
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over the affected Twantay Township (MMR013027), south of the capital Yangon, Myanmar on 7 May 2008. Standing flood waters were detected with DMC satellite imagery acquired on 7 May 2008 at a spatial resolution of 32m. Villages and built-up settlement areas within the flood zone were identified and tabulated for the township of Twantay. An estimated 234 villages within Twantay Township are likely submerged or severely flooded. This flood detection and affected village assessment is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Map Scale for A3: 1:155,000; Projection : UTM Zone 46 North; Datum; WGS 1984
Satellite Data : DMC-UK
Imagery Date : 7 May 2008 & 15 Feb. 2005
Resolution : 32m
Image Source: DMC International Imaging Ltd.
GIS Data : USGS, NGA, FAO, Respond/Keyobs
Admin data : MIMU, WHO
Flood Analysis : UNOSAT (7 May 2008)
Map Production : UNOSAT (8 May 2008)
Flood Water Detection & Affected Village Estimate
for Thonegwa Township, Myanmar
Source: UNOSAT
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over the affected Thonegwa Township (MMR013025), south of the capital Yangon, Myanmar on 7 May 2008. Standing flood waters were detected with DMC satellite imagery acquired on 7 May 2008 at a spatial resolution of 32m. Villages and built-up settlement areas within the flood zone were identified and tabulated for the township of Thonegwa. This flood detection and affected village assessment is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Map scale for A3: 1:135,000; Projection : UTM Zone 46 North; Datum : WGS 1984
Satellite Data : DMC-UK
Imagery Date : 7 May 2008 & 15 Feb. 2005
Resolution : 32m
Image Source: DMC International Imaging Ltd.
GIS Data : USGS, NGA, FAO, Respond/Keyobs
Admin data : MIMU, WHO
Flood Analysis : UNOSAT (7 May 2008)
Map Production : UNOSAT (8 May 2008)
Source: UNOSAT
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over the affected Thonegwa Township (MMR013025), south of the capital Yangon, Myanmar on 7 May 2008. Standing flood waters were detected with DMC satellite imagery acquired on 7 May 2008 at a spatial resolution of 32m. Villages and built-up settlement areas within the flood zone were identified and tabulated for the township of Thonegwa. This flood detection and affected village assessment is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Map scale for A3: 1:135,000; Projection : UTM Zone 46 North; Datum : WGS 1984
Satellite Data : DMC-UK
Imagery Date : 7 May 2008 & 15 Feb. 2005
Resolution : 32m
Image Source: DMC International Imaging Ltd.
GIS Data : USGS, NGA, FAO, Respond/Keyobs
Admin data : MIMU, WHO
Flood Analysis : UNOSAT (7 May 2008)
Map Production : UNOSAT (8 May 2008)