Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 15 August 2010

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Administrator

Relying on NASA Earth Observatory on Natural Hazards, following image has been geo-referencing and converted to KML:

15 August 2010

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’sAqua satellite captured this image of Pakistan. This image uses a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water appears in varying shades of blue, vegetation is green, and bare ground is pinkish brown. Clouds are bright turquoise.

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Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 30 July 2010

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Administrator

Relying on NASA Earth Observatory on Natural Hazards, following image has been geo-referencing and converted to KML:

30 July 2010

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Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 17 August 2010

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Administrator

Relying on NASA Earth Observatory on Natural Hazards, following image has been geo-referencing and converted to KML:

17 August 2010

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Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 02 September 2010

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Administrator

Relying on NASA Earth Observatory on Natural Hazards, following image has been geo-referencing and converted to KML:

02 September 2010

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Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 29 August 2010

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Administrator

Relying on NASA Earth Observatory on Natural Hazards, following image has been geo-referencing and converted to KML:

29 August 2010

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Satellite Image of Vehari

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Administrator

Here is the metadata of the satellite image of Vehari:

DESCRIPTION	vehari.ecw
WEST LONGITUDE	72° 18′ 58.5126" E
NORTH LATITUDE	30° 04′ 3.3672" N
EAST LONGITUDE	72° 23′ 32.4957" E
SOUTH LATITUDE	30° 00′ 53.8632" N
PROJ_DESC	Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees
PROJ_DATUM	WGS84
PROJ_UNITS	arc degrees
EPSG_CODE	4326
COVERED AREA	16.58 sq mi
NUM COLUMNS	11335
NUM ROWS	7840
NUM_BANDS	3
PIXEL WIDTH	0.0000067 arc degrees
PIXEL HEIGHT	0.0000067 arc degrees
BIT_DEPTH	24
PROJ_NAME	GEODETIC
DATUM_NAME	WGS84
TARGET_COMPRESSION	1:10

Screen Shot of the Image:

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Satellite Image of Liaqatpur (Rahim yar Khan)

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Administrator

Liaquatpur or Liaqatpur is a town and seat of Liaquatpur Tehsil in Rahim Yar Khan District, Pakistan. It is located at 28°55’60N 70°57’0E with an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet).^[1]

It is situated exactly between the main cities of Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan. The main railway line connecting Lahore and Karachi passes through this city and a small railway station is also in this city. (Wikipedia)

Metadata of the satellite image is given below:

DESCRIPTION	Liaqatpur19.ecw
WEST LONGITUDE	70° 55′ 48.2465" E
NORTH LATITUDE	28° 57′ 7.0591" N
EAST LONGITUDE	70° 58′ 9.9187" E
SOUTH LATITUDE	28° 54′ 55.9313" N
PROJ_DESC	Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees
PROJ_DATUM	WGS84
PROJ_UNITS	arc degrees
EPSG_CODE	4326
COVERED AREA	6 sq mi
NUM COLUMNS	7336
NUM ROWS	6790
NUM_BANDS	3
PIXEL WIDTH	0.0000054 arc degrees
PIXEL HEIGHT	0.0000054 arc degrees
BIT_DEPTH	24
PROJ_NAME	GEODETIC
DATUM_NAME	WGS84
TARGET_COMPRESSION	1:10

Screen Shot of Image:

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Satellite Image of Jhelum City

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Administrator

Below is the metadata of the image of Jhelum city available here:

DESCRIPTION	Jhelum19.ecw
Image Date	June 2009
WEST LONGITUDE	73° 40′ 5.3124" E
NORTH LATITUDE	32° 59′ 55.0067" N
EAST LONGITUDE	73° 46′ 13.3587" E
SOUTH LATITUDE	32° 53′ 24.5972" N
PROJ_DESC	Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees
PROJ_DATUM	WGS84
PROJ_UNITS	arc degrees
EPSG_CODE	4326
COVERED AREA	44.47 sq mi
NUM COLUMNS	19058
NUM ROWS	20216
NUM_BANDS	3
PIXEL WIDTH	0.0000054 arc degrees
PIXEL HEIGHT	0.0000054 arc degrees
BIT_DEPTH	24
PROJ_NAME	GEODETIC
DATUM_NAME	WGS84
TARGET_COMPRESSION	1:29

Screen Shot of Image:

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Satellite Image of Lahore

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Administrator

Satellite image of Lahore at good resolution is available at PKMaps. These can be used for any GIS/RS assignment and analysis.

Source of quoted material: http://pkmaps.freeforums.org/lahore-satellite-imagery-at-18x-zoom-t31.html

You can find all the Yahoo imagery you need for mapping Lahore at 18x zoom level at the following RapidShare download link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/176314336/lahore_yahoo_satalite_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176316142/lahore_yahoo_satalite_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176317579/lahore_yahoo_satalite_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176320007/lahore_yahoo_satalite_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176322298/lahore_yahoo_satalite_5.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176321238/lahore_yahoo_satalite_6.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176324063/lahore_yahoo_satalite_7.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176325590/lahore_yahoo_satalite_8.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/176324388/lahore_yahoo_satalite_9.zip

These zips contain the Ozi Explorer .map files and embeded merged images in jpeg format.
They have been downloaded from Yahoo using gMapMaker.
There are 9 files in total so that Lahore can be split up into 9 portions.
You can use these Ozi map files along with their image files in GPSMapEdit for your mapping.
Depending on where you unzip the file contects you may need to edit with a text editor the .jpg file path on 3rd line in each .map (Ozi Explorer file) to point to the right location of its associated .jpg file for the .map file to work.
The original jpeg tiles from Yahoo at 18x zoom downloaded by gMapMaker can be found at the following rapishare links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/176831705/yahoo_satallite_imagery_at_18x.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/176833586/yahoo_satallite_imagery_at_18x.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/176834619/yahoo_satallite_imagery_at_18x.part3.rar

PS: You will need to download all these .rar files and run winrar to extract them to one folder.
Mobile GMaps can users also benifit from these files.

Geo-referenced Satellite Image of Sialkot

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Administrator

Please find here the Geo-referenced Aerial Photograph of Sialkot.

http://rapidshare.com/files/231074969/Sialkot.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/231086179/Sialkot.part2.rar

You need to download both files Sialkot.part1.rar and Sialkot.part2.rar and then unzip to gather. It will give you JPEG gile of sialkot city area along with .gmw file. The GMW is global mapper workspace file just like ozi explorer. You can use Global Mapper for its conversion to any format as per your need.

Following are the Image Details:

Image Date	9 October 2005
COVERED AREA	196.4 sq km
Download Eye Altitude	533 meters at Google Earth
DESCRIPTION	Sialkot Final.jpg

UPPER LEFT X	74.4745205570
UPPER LEFT Y	32.5547334337
LOWER RIGHT X	74.6323095316
LOWER RIGHT Y	32.4354937786

WEST LONGITUDE	74° 28′ 28.2740″ E
NORTH LATITUDE	32° 33′ 17.0404″ N
EAST LONGITUDE	74° 37′ 56.3143″ E
SOUTH LATITUDE	32° 26′ 7.7776″ N

PROJ_DESC	Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees
PROJ_DATUM	WGS84
PROJ_UNITS	arc degrees
EPSG_CODE	4326
NUM COLUMNS	24595
NUM ROWS	22105
PIXEL WIDTH	0.0000064 arc degrees
PIXEL HEIGHT	0.0000054 arc degrees

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