2011 Rio de Janeiro Flooding
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Strong rain between 11th 12th January caused floods and mudslides throughout the hilly regions of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
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Spot satellite imagery
Spot Image (now part of Astrium Geo-Information Services) has made imagery of the affected area available under the following licence (read before use): http://www.youmapps.org/licenses/EULA-OSM-en.html
- A post-disaster scene, acquired on Jan 21, 2011, in the framework of the Space and Major Disasters International Charter
- Pre-disaster SPOTMaps, probably from 2008-2009
- Area covered
- WMS link - (select EPSG:4326 (WGS84) projection in JOSM preferences to avoid the overlapping tiles problem that can be seen with Mercator projection) - use source=Spot 5, CNES/Spot Image, 2008-2009
Affected towns
The main towns affected:
- Petrópolis
- Bing & Yahoo high-res available
- São José do Vale do Rio Preto - No hi-res imagery available
Satellite imagery request
Thus, the Area Of Interest (AOI) for imagery would be:
- from -22 to -22.7 degrees of latitude (south)
- from -42.3 to -43.3 degrees of longitude (west)
Mapping needs
Blocked roads: Map roads completely or partially blocked to traffic.
See Rodovias da região serrana do Rio permanecem interditadas; veja lista
Team Coordination
Mappers are meeting in conference rooms at Jabber and IRC:
- XMPP (Jabber/GTalk): xmpp:osm@conference.jabber-br.org
- IRC: #osm-br@irc.oftc.net
News
- Reuters: Brazil flood deaths rise to 375; rescuers struggle
- AFP: More than 500 dead in Brazil's worst-ever disaster
