Aerial Photo Map of the Australian Floods

NearMap

Brisbane, 13th Jan 2011


Brisbane, 12th Sept 2010

NearMap is an aerial photo map of Australia that updates and adds new imagery every month. The amazing level and frequency of coverage on NearMap means that it gives a unique overview of the devastation caused by the Australian flooding.

A great feature of NearMap is a time-line that allows you to compare the most recent aerial imagery with historical imagery. The screenshot at the top of this post was taken on the 13th Jan 2011. Using the time-line we can see how this location usually looks, without flooding, by viewing the same location on 12th Sept 2010.

NearMap uses OpenStreetMap rather the Google Maps API but I think it deserves to sneak through the normally strict screening process of Google Maps Mania.

Also See

• Queensland Floods - Google Map from the Google Crisis Response team.
  
• ABC Qld Flood Crisis Map - Map using the Ushahidi crisis reporting platform.
• Panedia - Brisbane Flooding Panoramas - 360 degree panoramas of the flooding in Brisbane
• Australian Early Warning Network - Bureau of Meteorology information and emergency alerts

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Sunday Best

This week Google Maps Mania has spent a lot of time reporting on Google Maps produced in response to the flooding in Australia. The most informative map was produced by the Google Crisis Response team but the map with the most emotional impact has to be Panedia's map of 40 panoramic images of the flooding in Brisbane.

Meanwhile the New York Times took time out to acknowledge the anniversary of the Chilean earthquake with a visualisation of satellite images taken before and after the quakes.


Panedia - Brisbane Flooding Panoramas


Destruction in Haiti, Then and Now


Google Crisis Response - Queensland Floods


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