December 12, 2008
Australia's Fire Season Heating Up
As you can see from this up to the minute fire mapping tool from NASA the Aussie fire season is underway. Early in the season we see wildfires, or bushfires affecting the Continent from Queensland and parts of the Northern Territory. In a mater of weeks the more populated southern states of New South Wales (Sydney) and Victoria (Melbourne) will see increased activity.
Labels: Australian Bushfires, fire maps
November 15, 2008
Freeway Complex Fire Maps
A reader forward the link to the map below from FireImaging.com of the USFS. Contrast the image with the MODIS and CONUS KML detections on Google Earth below. The FireImaging software is much more detailed.
MODIS & CONUS KML via Google Earth Detection
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Labels: fire maps, Freeway Complex
July 29, 2008
Telegraph Fire Maps
The map shown below does not include the legend. You must follow this Map Link for a legend description. The map is not a fire perimeter map as much as a definition of evacuation warnings and watches.
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I'm posting another GeoMAC map with some reservation. The map shows activity that somewhat matches scanner traffic. GeoMAC appears to be much more than an hour behind. Take this as well as all material posted here for what it is.
Labels: 2008 Fire Season, fire maps, Telegraph Fire
July 03, 2008
Mapping The California Fires
From Satmapper via comment section;
"If you have Google Earth installed, you can pick-up the MODIS data yourself in KML format (Google Earth) for CONUS at: http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/kml/ After downloading, open the file to start Google Earth. This has the additional benefit of giving the recording time of each spot you poke on".
Thank you Satmapper. You guys do incredible work!
If you don't have Google Earth download it here.
"If you have Google Earth installed, you can pick-up the MODIS data yourself in KML format (Google Earth) for CONUS at: http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/kml/ After downloading, open the file to start Google Earth. This has the additional benefit of giving the recording time of each spot you poke on".
Thank you Satmapper. You guys do incredible work!
If you don't have Google Earth download it here.
Labels: fire maps, Google Maps
June 26, 2008
California Fires Map & Satellite Image June 26, 2008
Smoke fills the air in the northern part of the state. The air in Fresno County, (mid state) has never been uglier or more toxic according to local air monitoring districts.
1,088 fires burning, 12,000+ firefighters assigned June 26 NorCal Update.
Visit MODIS RapidFire for a closeup of the smoke. I think this is unprecedented.
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1,088 fires burning, 12,000+ firefighters assigned June 26 NorCal Update.
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Visit MODIS RapidFire for a closeup of the smoke. I think this is unprecedented.
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Labels: 2008 Fire Season, California Firestorm 2008, fire maps, sa
June 24, 2008
California Fires Map From Cal Fire & OES
California Office of Emergency Services California Fires Map for June 24, 2008.
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Labels: 2008 Fire Season, California Firestorm 2008, fire maps
October 31, 2007
So Cal Fire Map, Santa Ana Winds on October 22
The fire mappers at NorthTree Fire drew this amazing map of the Santa Ana winds driving the fires on October 22. Click this link for a larger image.Image with permission of NorthTree Fire.
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Labels: 2007 fire season, fire maps, San Diego Fires, Santa Ana winds
September 10, 2007
NorthTree Fire Maps The Moonlight Fire
NorthTree Fire is a private mapping outfit that contracts for fires and other large-scale events.To access their works you have to download Google Earth. NorthTree is clearly the leader in fire mapping and you can see why by the image above.
Labels: fire maps, Moonlight Fire, Northtree
