It is possible to reference an image of any area of the earth’s surface and submit it to a viewer. The technique is known as georeferencing, and it is valuable when you want to view additional information that is precisely referenced to a location on the earth’s surface. You may download the Google Earth file [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Waldo Canyon Fire – Black Ice Geospatial Develops Method of Visualizing Wildfire Damage
Posted: 28th June 2012 by Mark Newby in Wildfire0
Waldo Canyon Fire – Wildfire Threatens the City
Posted: 27th June 2012 by Mark Newby in WildfireTags: climate, Colorado, Colorado Springs fire, Colorado wildfires, drought, fire, forest fires, Waldo Canyon, Waldo Canyon Fire, Waldo Canyon Fire June 27, weather, wildfire, wildfires
The weather, the terrain, and the drought have combined to make the Waldo Canyon Fire a natural disaster such as Colorado Springs has never seen. With over 32,000 people evacuated and more planned, this unprecedented action is being fought with every resource available. The USGS and NIROPS have stepped up with data available for this [...]
Waldo Canyon Wildfire – City Evacuations and Grave Concern
Posted: 27th June 2012 by Mark Newby in WildfireThis visualization of the Waldo Canyon fire shows an accurate snapshot of a moment in time – But the reality of this fire is grim due to nature and unfavorable weather. High winds caused this fire to burn back east into the outskirts of the Colorado Springs/Manitou Springs area and pose a major threat to [...]
This latest map shows the infrared image data acquired by the National Infrared Operations team 06/24/2012 at 2213 hours. The proximity of this fire to a major city area is of great concern to the community and fire officials. The Denver Post reports that Colorado has so many wildfires that it is consuming half of [...]
Viewing the Waldo Canyon Fire Using Google Earth – Locating your Property
Posted: 24th June 2012 by Mark Newby in WildfireUnderstanding special needs of the community often results from reporting critical information on large-scale events. We have received many requests from people who want to know if there is a way to see if their property is affected by the Waldo Canyon fire. The answer is a resounding yes. Last year during the Crystal Mountain [...]
Waldo Canyon Wildfire – Latest Fire Perimeter 6/23/12 @ 2307
Posted: 24th June 2012 by Mark Newby in WildfireThe amazing data created by aerial imaging using infrared cameras is a modern technological miracle. Teams of experts acquire and perform a process called orthorectification, which makes the camera images usable in a modern Geographic Information System (GIS). The result is extremely accurate heat perimeter information to assist and support firefighting teams in controlling these [...]
Waldo Canyon Wildfire – Visualizing using Satellite Data
Posted: 24th June 2012 by Mark Newby in WildfireWhen a wildfire is close to a major city and threatens property and homes, the speed at which people can acquire information about where the fire is becomes critical. Aerial images from Infrared cameras are often not available to anyone except the fire operations commanders, so other resources may be utilized to approximate the location [...]
The lack of information from the National Infrared Operations (NIROPS) team has delayed updates to the High Park Fire from this source, but the beauty of modern information systems is that even though one source may decide to arbitrarily withhold information from the public, there are multiple ways to acquire data from high quality, transparent [...]
Our apologies to viewers for any outages they may have encountered. This new method of integrating and providing the wildfire information has placed enormous demand on the site. We have upgraded to greater capacity and are monitoring the site closely to try and ensure availability of this critical community data. The latest infrared boundary information [...]
Viewing the High Park Fire Using Google Earth – Locating your Property
Posted: 13th June 2012 by Mark Newby in WildfireUnderstanding special needs of the community often results from reporting critical information on large-scale events. We have received many requests from people who want to know if there is a way to see if their property is affected by the High Park fire. The answer is a resounding yes. Last year during the Crystal Mountain [...]