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Overview of Munitions Depot Explosion - Affected 5 km Zone, Gerdec, Albania
25 Mar 2008
Source: UNOSAT
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This map illustrates the approximate location and the affected 5 km Zone 
of the munitions depot explosions and fire as detected by the MODIS Aqua satellite at 11:50 UTC on 15 March 2008. This MODIS-detected site of active fire is accurate within a 1 square kilometer zone. 
Map scale for A4: 1:85,000; Projection : Lambert Conformal Conic; Datum : WGS 1984.
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This map illustrates the approximate location and the affected 5 km Zone of the munitions depot explosions and fire as detected by the MODIS Aqua satellite at 11:50 UTC on 15 March 2008. This MODIS-detected site of active fire is accurate within a 1 square kilometer zone. Map scale for A4: 1:85,000; Projection : Lambert Conformal Conic; Datum : WGS 1984.

Source:UNOSAT
Country:Albania
Link to high-Res:File size: 1.647 MB
Link to mid-Res:File size: 0.670 MB
Other map information:Fire Data : MODIS Aqua Fire Dates : 11:50 UTC 15 March 2007
Detection Resolution : Accurate within 1km
Satellite Image : QuickBird (down sampled to 15m)
Image Copyright : Digital Globe (2007)
Road Data : ESRI & Google Earth
GIS Data : NGA, USGS,
Map Production : UNOSAT (25 March 2008)
Co-ordinate System:WSG84 Geographic
Top left (X-value):19.533
Top left (Y-value):41.467
Bottom Right (X-value):19.767
Bottom Right (Y-value):41.334
Centre Longitude:41.4005
Centre latitude:19.65
KML: Link to KML file


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