tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26228587.post-3399271554270584612008-05-07T23:35:00.003+08:002008-05-07T23:39:46.485+08:00<p></p> <center><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="324" alt="CyclonePath" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/kzapth245/SCHMRba8XLI/AAAAAAAACOw/bSQtyxn39TI/CyclonePath%5B7%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="286" border="0" /></center> <p></p> <p>Google Earth has released two KML layers for the Cyclone Nargis. One is to show the cyclone path and the other is showing the flood water as detected by the satellite. In the picture below, the red areas are all flood water. As you can also see, the cyclone reached category 4 before hitting the Ayeyarwaddy Delta region.</p> <p></p> <center><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="321" alt="FloodWater" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/kzapth245/SCHMT7a8XMI/AAAAAAAACO4/eeICNNZady4/FloodWater%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="604" border="0" /></center> <p></p> <p>You can download the <a href="http://mw1.google.com/mw-weather/base/nargis/root.kml" target="_blank">cyclone path animation</a> kml here and the <a href="http://services.google.com/earth/kmz/nargis_n.kmz" target="_blank">flood water layer</a> kml here. The US Naval Research also released the cyclone life cycle <a href="http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc08/IO/01B.NARGIS/kml/2008_IO_01B.main.kml" target="_blank">kml</a> file.</p> <p>Original Google Earth blog posts: <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/05/unosat-layer-of-myanmar-cyclone-data.html" target="_blank">post1</a> and <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/05/tracking-path-of-cyclone-nargis.html" target="_blank">post2</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/helping-victims-of-cyclone-nargis.html" target="_blank">Official Google Blog</a> about helping the victims in Burma.</p><p>Alternatively, you can view the images at Google Map at this <a target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fservices.google.com%2Fearth%2Fkmz%2Fnargis_n.kmz&ie=UTF8&ll=16.341226,93.076172&spn=11.704621,20.566406&z=6">link</a>.</p>Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02049321076994570797noreply@blogger.com