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Damage Assessment for Thayangagon Village, Bogale Township, Myanmar (as of 22 May 2008)

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This map presents a satellite-based damage assessment for the affected village of Thayangagon, Bogale Township (MMR017024), Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar, conducted by UNOSAT and GISCorps in a collaborative assessment. Damaged buildings have been identified with WorldView-1 and QuickBird satellite imagery acquired on 6-8 May 2008 at a spatial resolution of 50/60cm. Pre-cyclone Quickbird imagery in Google Earth from 12 Nov. 2003 was also used. This is an initial damage assessment and has not yet been validated in the field.