DATASET

Conflict in Bangui, Central African Republic (2014-02-18)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2014-02-18 19:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2014-02-18 01:00:00
Event type: Other

Activation reason:
The Central African Republic (CAR) has been in the midst of an escalating emergency since 5-6 December 2013, when fighting between rival armed groups in the capital, Bangui, left at least 1,000 people dead. The humanitarian crisis has worsened significantly until today.

Reference products: 2
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 2

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2014): Conflict in Bangui, Central African Republic (2014-02-18). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/53233283-9cf5-4a3b-8583-97671895c24c

Keywords

CAF CEMS Central African Republic Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR071 Mapping Other Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR071]: Conflict in Bangui, Central African Republic (2014-02-18)
URL 
  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">  <gml:outerBoundaryIs>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:coordinates>18.5087999123,4.41396310439 18.5789977239,4.41396310439 18.5789977239,4.35623674976 18.5087999123,4.35623674976 18.5087999123,4.41396310439</gml:coordinates>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon>
GML
<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">  <gml:exterior>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:posList>18.5087999123 4.41396310439 18.5789977239 4.41396310439 18.5789977239 4.35623674976 18.5087999123 4.35623674976 18.5087999123 4.41396310439</gml:posList>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon>
WKT
POLYGON ((18.5087999123 4.41396310439, 18.5789977239 4.41396310439, 18.5789977239 4.35623674976, 18.5087999123 4.35623674976, 18.5087999123 4.41396310439))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2014-02-18
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR071 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/53233283-9cf5-4a3b-8583-97671895c24c
Popularity