In the News: “Assessing Dorian’s Damage From The Air” (Access Before/After Aerial Imagery of U.S. Locations)
From NOAA:
On September 4, 2019, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) began collecting U.S. aerial damage assessment images for Hurricane Dorian. Imagery is being collected in specific areas identified by NOAA in coordination with FEMA and other state and federal partners. Collected images are available to view online via the NGS aerial imagery viewer.
View NOAA Emergency Response Imagery collected on the following days:
- September 4, 2019: North Key Largo, Florida, to Hollywood, Florida.
- September 5, 2019: Fort Lauderdale, Florida to just south of Savannah, Georgia.
- September 6, 2019: Coastal and inland areas near Savannah, Georgia and Beaufort, South Carolina; coastal and inland areas from Edisto Beach, South Carolina to Bald Head Island, North Carolina
- September 7, 2019: Bald Head Island, North Carolina to Norfolk, Virginia
“Before” imagery is provided by Mapbox, Digital Globe, and OpenStreetMap; “After” imagery was captured by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey for Hurricane Dorian
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