[net-gold] Global Connection Project and Disaster Relief Imaging

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  • Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:47:38 -0400 (EDT)



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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:25:24 -0600 (MDT)
From: George Lessard <media@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Global Connection Project and Disaster Relief Imaging





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RT @mediamentor: Global Connection Project
http://ow.ly/2BZjm
Disaster Relief Imaging


[see URL for embedded links]


An unanticipated outgrowth of the
Global Connection Project was to offer
immediate aerial and satellite
imaging support to disaster relief efforts
in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, as well as the October
2005 earthquake in Pakistan.


By adapting an automated process
developed to overlay National Geographic
aircraft fly-over images onto Africa
for educational purposes, the Global
Connection Project team stitched 7,900
post-disaster NOAA fly-over images
onto Google Earth satellite imagery
on the Gulf Coast. By accessing
Google Earth through the Internet,
disaster responders were then able to
better plan rescue and recovery efforts
while displaced residents accessed
detailed and recent imagery regarding
their neighborhoods.


LOADING INTO GOOGLE EARTH


To view the NOAA aerial photography
of flooding and structures damaged by
Hurricane Katrina, please click on
Katrina dynamic overlay. This link
should download a file and automatically
bring up Google Earth (if not,
see the help below).


How to use:



* Colored outlines on the coast of
Louisiana / Mississippi show where
to zoom in to find aerial photography
(the colors indicate which day
the images are from)



* Zoom in far enough to see streets
and buildings, then wait. The overlay
will automatically load the picture
closest to your view.



* In the upper left of the screen,
you'll see details about when the
picture was taken, and what resolution
the picture is being displayed
at in Google Earth.



* If the current picture is shown
at less than full resolution, you
can zoom in closer to see more detail.



Troubleshooting:



* You must have installed the Google
Earth application to use this
overlay. It's a free download from


http://earth.google.com



* If clicking on the Katrina dynamic
overlay link above doesn't bring
up Google Earth, you can save the
katrina-dynamic-outlines-netlink.kml
file and then manually run Google Earth.
Go to File / Open and open
this file manually.



* You have to stop panning or
zooming for a moment to let the overlay
update



For more information, including overlays
for Hurricanes Rita and Wilma,
please browse to



http://gc.cs.cmu.edu/noaa/


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