dominica_landslide_part

Polygon features representing landslide boundaries in Dominica, published by Orion Terrametrics. Each feature records a landslide type, code, area and date, with imagery from Pléiades.

This dataset contains the following administrative boundaries: ADM0, ADM1. Produced and maintained since 2017, the geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database www.geoboundaries.org is an open license, standardized resource of boundaries (i.e., state, county) for every country in the world.

.A large scale landslide inventory was carried out by a team from the University of Twente, use of 5 scenes of Pléiades satellite imageries with resolution of 0.5m, which were obtained in September 23 and October 5 after the hurricane, made available through UNITAR-UNOSAT. Apart from these also a series of Digital Globe Images were used that were collected for the Google Crisis Response through a KML layer. The images were visually interpreted by image interpretation experts, and landslides were mapped as polygons, separating scarp, transport and accumulation areas, and classifying the landslides in types. A total of 9,960 landslides were identified, which include 8,576 debris slides, 1,010 debris flows and 374 rock falls, with area of 7.30km2, 2.50km2, and 0.50 km2 respectively. The whole area of landslide is 10.30 km2, which covers 1.37 percent of the island. The source of landslides is 3.30km2, and the other 7.0 km2 is transportation and deposition area. Almost all of the rivers flooded due to intensive precipitation. The flooded area is 13.03km2, which covers 1.74% of the island. Dominica will face some new problems for mountain hazards in the coming years, as many of the fresh scarps may produce more debris, and many tree trunks are still on the slopes or in the river channels. With so many fresh landslides in the upper catchments, it is likely that debris flows will be triggered with rainfall thresholds that are substantially lower than before the hurricane. Hurricane Maria damaged the forest cover dramatically, which changed the conditions for hazard initiation. Without the protection of vegetation, more new shallow landslides could happen in the near future. A series of cascading hazards may happen, for example landslides or debris flow blocking rivers and resulting in outburst floods. Therefore more detailed evaluation of the post-Maria hazard and risk situation is very important.

Polygon boundaries of land plots and districts in Somalia. Each polygon represents a named plot with its district, registration year and month, area and source. Published by Orion Terrametrics.

Polygon features representing land cover in Indonesia, published by Orion Terrametrics. Each feature records a land class, area, sensor date and sensor, with Landsat-8 imagery from 3 August 2015.

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