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Overview of Flood - Affected Sectors in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
09 Sep 2009
 Source: UNOSAT

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Burkina Faso - This map illustrates the affected districts and sectors within the capital city of Ouagadougou following the flash floods of 1 September 2009. All data on affected sectors and estimated affected people has been drawn from the OCHA SitRep report No.3 on 8 September 2009, local media reports and the Ouagadougou Communal demographic reports of 2005. This is a preliminary analysis & has not yet been validated in the field. Map scale for A3: 1:75,000; Projection: UTM Zone 30 North; Datum : WGS-84 (EGM-96).
Satellite Imagery : Spot 5
Imagery Dates : 6 September 2009
Resolution : 10m
Source : Spot image 2009
Radar Data (1: RADARSAT-2
Radar Dates : 5 september 2009
Copyright : RADARSAT-2 © MDA 2009
Credit :Canadian Space Agency
Radar Data (2: TerraSar X
Radar Resolution : 3 m
Radar Dates : 4 September 2009
Copyright : @German Aerospace Center (DLR) 2009 Commercial exploitation rights: Infoterra
Source: DLR
Road & Town Data : Map Data © 2009 Google - Improve with Google Map Maker
Flood Data : OCHA & BF Commune reports
GIS Data : USGS, NGA, UNOSAT
Preflood Water: Global Dataset (ESRI 2007)
Map Production : UNOSAT (09 September 2009)



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Country:Burkina Faso
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