[GRASS-user] active fire mapping with GRASS GIS?

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Vishal,

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 11:42 PM Vishal Mehta <vishalm1975 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> as you may have heard, there are a lot of active fires in California right now.
>
> the nearest one is about 30-40 miles away from me. i'm wondering is there some guidance on using GRASS GIS for active fire mapping using near real time imagery? i've searched online but haven't found something yet. (i'm not looking for fire modeling)

Yes, you can get NRT data from here:
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/
- Shapefiles
- Google Earth KML
- Text Files (CSV)

This you may import (v.import) and visualize/analyse.

Best wishes,
Markus


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