Volunteer @GeoConfirmed (mostly inactive these days)
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Oct 16, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Tutorial thread on how to overlay Sentinel-2 imagery in Google Earth Pro and blend them into an animated slide show using PowerPoint. (1/8)
In this animation by @bradyafr, high-resolution Google Earth imagery serves as a reference to help the audience understand what they’re seeing in the subsequent low-resolution imagery from Sentinel-2.
Thread on why the @GeoConfirmed map, when combined with Google Earth PRO and @OpenSreetMap infrastructure data, is a powerful geolocation tool for those researching the war in Ukraine. 1/12
For this example, I'll be using the Google Maps version of the GeoConfirmed map (tinyurl.com/2uas5rjp), and will manually import its associated KMZ file into Earth PRO. I think this parred-down version is a bit cleaner for geolocation. 2/12
Tutorial 🧵 on how to import infrastructure such as power lines into Google Earth Pro from OpenStreetMaps using Overpass Turbo. 1/6
Go to overpass-turbo.eu and click “Wizard”. For power lines in Ukraine, for example, enter “power=line in Ukraine” into the prompt and click “build query”. 2/6
Oct 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
FIRMS and Sentinel-2 reveal that a building was destroyed in #Novopetrivka, #Kherson Oblast, between Oct. 2 and Oct. 3. @GeoConfirmed 47.429190, 33.465831
FIRMS
Sep 21, 2022 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
Geolocation of Russian soldier heading south (!) in IFV and passing bus stop in #Suvorove, #Crimea.
Source: t.me/separ_13/3274
Bus stop coordinates: 46.091765 33.698906 @GeoConfirmed with help from @stillesich
Proof in thread. 1/
For reference: line of sight from smokestack to pole next to bus stop (see rest of thread) 2/
Sep 20, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Do any residents of #Херсон#Kherson know the location of this bus stop? I'm trying to geolocate Russian soldiers in this video.
Original video and source: t.me/separ_13/3274