Hikueru Atoll FP
Hikueru Atoll - Landsat Image S-07-15_2000 (1:70,000)
There are times Landsat ETM+ island imagery is obscured by clouds. That is when I go to plan ISS or International Space Station imagery. One is not guaranteed that cloud free imagery will be available, but that is where I search for quality imagery.
Hikueru Atoll - ISS Image ISS002-E-8866 (1:70,000)
In the case of Hikueru Atoll, ISS002 snapped some great cloud-free images of Tuamotu atolls. Hikueru Atoll is covered by the above image. Using the above two images I was able to create my finished map of Hikueru.
Hikueru Atoll - Other Precision Map (1:70,000)
This mapping is part of my on going effort to map the islands of the South Pacific at EVS Precision or better. Other Precision is always EVS Precision or better. The map was finished using Marplot mapping software.
Hikueru Atoll is covered by a brief article in Wikipedia. As of the 1988 census, 124 people live on Hikueru. They earn a living from copra, fishing and pearls. The atoll does have an airport, which can be seen in the ISS image, that was built in 2000.
Enjoy!
Labels: EVS Precision, French Polynesia, Global Mapper, ISS Image, Landsat ETM+, Marplot, Tuamotus
Actually, if you zoom in closer in Google Maps (or Google Earth), there is a nice high resolution Digital Globe photo from 2008 for Hikueru Atoll...
Posted by
Frank Taylor |
7/20/2008 03:49:00 PM
Frank,
I know about the hi-res DigitalGlobe image. Unfortunately their images come with loads of restrictions. My goal is to create maps from US government imagery (Landsat 1990, Landsat 2000, ISS, etc.). That way, if I ever get the opportunity to earn a buck off of these maps, I can do it with tolerable copyright caveats.
Posted by
Mr Minton |
7/20/2008 07:02:00 PM
Oh yeah...I forgot you were only using the imagery without the limitations!
Posted by
Frank Taylor |
7/22/2008 04:01:00 AM