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Darfur aid workers receiving assistance from orbit
 
6 December 2004



Credits: AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo
 
 
Al Junaynah area, Darfur
This map shows the impact of potentially flooded wadis on the road network in Al Junaynah area (Darfur region), obtained using SPOT, RADARSAT and Envisat's ASAR acquisitions of August 2004. The Ardamata IDP camp is located within the area marked in yellow.

(Copyrights - Envisat data: ESA 2004; RADARSAT data: CSA 2004; SPOT data: CNES 2004 distributed by Spot Image)

Credits: SERTIT, DLR, International CHARTER

 
 
Al Fashir area
The map displays the Al Fashir region in Sudan/Darfur based on LANDSAT archive images and SPOT and Envisat's ASAR fresh acquisitions of August 2004. The background image allows different surface properties to be pictured, such as desert with dunes and rocks as well as wadis and riverbeds.

(Copyrights - Envisat data: ESA 2004; RADARSAT data: CSA 2004; SPOT data: CNES 2004 distributed by Spot Image; LANDSAT data: Global Land Cover Facility)

Credits: DLR, SERTIT, Infoterra, International CHARTER

 
 
Al Fashir: Guba Clinic
The IKONOS 1-metre resolution image, acquired on 14 August 2004, shows the Guba Clinic within Al Fashir, the capital of north Darfur state and distribution point for food and supplies. The image was made available to relief groups by the RESPOND GMES consortium.

(Copyrights - IKONOS data: Space Imaging 2004)

Credits: Keyobs

 
 
HIC office in Khartoum
People working at the Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

Credits: UN OCHA, UNOSAT
 
 
Vegetation map of the Darfur province
The image shows a 30-metre resolution map of vegetation in the Darfur province, obtained using data acquired on 31 July 2004 from the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC).

(Copyrights - DMC data: SSTL; GIS data: Europa Technologies, Depha, UN Cartographic Section)

Credits: UNOSAT

 
 
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