Reported Security Events in
Mogadishu, Somalia : 29 December 2006 to 3 March 2007
Source: UNOSAT
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This map provides an overview of the
reported security events in Mogadishu since the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and allied Ethiopian forces took control of the capital on 29 December 2006. Security events have been classified
according to the type of weapon used: 1-mortars; 2-rocket propelled grenades (RPG); 3-hand grenades; and 4-small arms. Urban areas with increasing concentrations of security events ("hot spots") have
been highlighted with a color scale increasing from blue to red. This intensity image has also been weighted by the type of weapon used, giving prominence to mortars and RPG-based events. Each point
symbol represents a specific event in a given location and time. In those instances when multiple mortar shells fell in a specific area on the same day (e.g. 4 mortars fell at the Airport) a single
event point symbol was assigned. The spatial accuracy of most points is within 100m of the true location; however a significant minority of events have large degrees of uncertainly and may be accurate
only to within a few kilometers. All security-related information used in this analysis has been acquired exclusively from public media sources. The security events depicted on this map have not been
independently verified on the ground nor are they likely representative of all security and humanitarian events in this area. Casualty figures recorded for each security event are also likely to be
significant underestimates. All security-related data collection, analysis and map production has been done by UNOSAT to help provide the humanitarian community with a spatial context to the ongoing
security events in Mogadishu.
| Source: | UNOSAT |
| Country: | Somalia |
| Link to high-Res: | File size: 4.561 MB |
| Link to mid-Res: | File size: 1.900 MB |
| Other map information: | Data Sources : GIST, SWALIM, UNHCR,
NGA, UNOSAT
Land Cover Data : Derived from Aster Imagery by SWALIM
Roads & Buildings : Vectorized by UNOSAT from 1:25k topomaps Security Analysis : UNOSAT (2006-2007) Map Production : UNOSAT (3 March 2007) Projection : UTM Zone 46N WGS 1984 Map Scale for A1: 1:18,400 News Sources : Shabelle Media Network (SMN), Garowe Online (GO), SomaliNet (SN), East African Standard (EAS), The Nation (Nairobi), Kenya Times, Reuters, BBC, AP, AFP, Washington Post & Aljazeera. |
| Co-ordinate System: | WSG84 Geographic |
| Top left (X-value): | 45.252747 |
| Top left (Y-value): | 2.110055 |
| Bottom Right (X-value): | 45.39858 |
| Bottom Right (Y-value): | 1.986287 |
| Centre Longitude: | 2.048171 |
| Centre latitude: | 45.3256635 |
| KML: | Link to KML file |









