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Overview of Munitions Depot Explosion - Affected Area of Gerdec, Albania
17 Mar 2008
Source: UNOSAT
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This map illustrates the approximate 
location of the munitions depot explosions and fire as detected by the MODIS Terra 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: 1:26,000; Projection :  Lambert Conformal Conic; Datum :  WGS 1984.
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This map illustrates the approximate location of the munitions depot explosions and fire as detected by the MODIS Terra 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: 1:26,000; Projection : Lambert Conformal Conic; Datum : WGS 1984.

Source:UNOSAT
Country:Albania
Link to high-Res:File size: 1.276 MB
Other map information:Fire Data : MODIS Terra 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 (16 March 2008)
Co-ordinate System:WSG84 Geographic
Top left (X-value):19.608032
Top left (Y-value):41.420073
Bottom Right (X-value):19.6769
Bottom Right (Y-value):41.3824
Centre Longitude:41.4012365
Centre latitude:19.642466
KML: Link to KML file


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