This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 4 May 2013 a total of 28,243 shelters were detected as well as 1,662 infrastructure and support buildings within the 530.95 hectares of the camp. Between 15 April 2013 and 4 May 2013, a total of 3,754 shelters closed or were moved, and a total of 6,545 shelters were constructed, and the number of shelters has thus increased by about 2,791 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment.

This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 15 April 2013 a total of 25,378 shelters were detected as well as 1,451 infrastructure and support buildings within the 531.44 hectares of the camp. Between 31 March 2013 and 15 April 2013, a total of 4,288 shelters closed or were moved, and a total of 4,555 shelters were constructed, and the number of shelters has thus increased by about 62 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment.

This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 14 March 2013 a total of 26,242 shelters were detected as well as 1,182 infrastructure and support buildings within the 531.21 hectares of the camp. The number of shelters has thus increased by about 1,563 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment of the camp which used a satellite image from 26 February 2013. This indicates a 6.3% increase in the number of shelters between 14 March 2013 and 26 of February 2013.

This map illustrates satellite-detected areas of standing water observed on Mahe Island, Seychelles, in 12 separate GeoEye-1 images collected on 5 February, 13 February, and 16 February 2013. Though these images were very cloudy UNITAR/UNOSAT reviewed them all for indications of standing water and also produced a cumulative cloud mask to indicate which portions of the island were completely cloud obscured. A total of 28 separate standing water bodies were identified, totalling 41,025 square meters and averaging 1,465 square meters in size.

11 March 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT will soon enter the third year of monitoring of the Syria crisis in support of the international humanitarian community and the High-Commissioner for Refugees in particular. UNOSAT first situation maps about the unfolding of the Syrian crisis date back mid-2011. Today, the number of Syrians fleeing increasingly violent conflict has reportedly surpassed the staggering number of one million.

This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 3 January 2013 a total of 11,966 shelters were detected as well as 866 infrastructure and support buildings within the 314 hectares of the camp. The number of shelters has thus increased by about 6,803 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment of the camp which used a satellite image from 15 November 2012, indicating the number of camp inhabitants have almost doubled since that date.

This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 26 February 2013 a total of 25,177 shelters were detected as well as 1,155 infrastructure and support buildings within the 511.22 hectares of the camp. The number of shelters has thus increased by about 7,461 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment of the camp which used a satellite image from 3 February 2013. This indicates a 30% increase in the number of shelters between 3 February 2013 and 26 of February 2013.

This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 3 February 2013 a total of 18,169 shelters were detected as well as 892 infrastructure and support buildings within the 405.19 hectares of the camp. The number of shelters has thus increased by about 6,203 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment of the camp which used a satellite image from 3 January 2013. This indicates a 66% increase in the number of shelters between 3 January and 3 February 2013.