Mapping Resources

Single Web Map Integrating many of the resources on this page:

Telascience San Diego Wildfires Map

Google Earth Files

• Destroyed homes:
  • October 26 Preliminary List of Destroyed Homes (675 addresses) http://regal.sdsu.edu/~serge/fires07/uploads/Main/dh200710261015.kml
  • October 25 Partial List of Destroyed Homes as of 7:30 a.m. (390 homes: Escondido, Poway, Rancho Bernardo) http://regal.sdsu.edu/~serge/fires07/uploads/Main/destroyed200710250700.kml
• MODIS imagery and other observations and physical data
  • October 25 MODIS (5MB)  http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007298.1815.250m.kmz
  • October 24 MODIS (5MB)  http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007297.1910.250m.kmz
  • October 24 MODIS (5MB)  http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007297.2045.250m.kmz
  • October 23 MODIS (5MB)  http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007296.1825.250m.kmz
  • October 23 MODIS (5MB)  http://hypersphere.telascience.org/PacificOcean.A2007296.2140.250m.kmz
  • October 22 MODIS (5MB)  http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007295.2100.250m.kmz
  • October Southern California with embedded photos (1MB) http://sdfires.pbwiki.com/f/2007-10-SoCal-Fires.kmz
  • http://strabo.pictearth.com/2007sdfires/2007-10-SoCal-Fires.kmz
  • October 21-24 Wind Pattern Animation from JPL
• One KMZ that links to various KMZ and KML files posted on this site:
  • http://socalfires.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/SDFires2007_SDSU.kmz
• KMZ with large amount of data from various sources, including
  • MODIS Terra and Aqua satellite imagery beginning 10/21
  • E01 Satellite Overlay 10/23
  • Smoke Animation basded on GoesWest satellite imagery beginning 10/21
  • NASA thermal imagery
  • Current (most recent) MODIS active fire locations
  • Flickr photographs of fire areas
  • Fire extents from several sources
  • JPL Wind Patter animation
  • Destroyed homes from various sources
  • US Forest Service Thermal Imaging data from www.fireimaging.com
  • Updated daily

Online Maps

• New York Times Interactive Map
• San Diego Union Tribune Fire Map http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/
• San Diego Live Traffic on Google Maps
• CalTrans Real-time Traffic Update Map
• SANDAG 511 Traffic Map w/Driving Time Info
•  Google Maps user created maps
  • Discourse Maps
    • Post discourse and upload pictures, links about the fires -- mark your posting on Google Maps
  • San Diego Under Siege
  • KPBS Interactive Map
  • Fuel, wind direction, humnity, and temperature projection models (Go to the 'MM5 Output')
  • ...
• http://www.cbs8.com/misc/fires_oct_07/maps.html
• FOX 6 Active Fire Map  (last updated: 10/26, 8:00am)
• NOAA Active Smoke Plume Analysis Map http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
• Air Pollution Quality San Diego County

Maps for Download

•  Printable Letter-Size PDF Maps visualizing spread of fires over time (last updated 10/29, 3am)
  • FireMap_10292007_0300PDT.pdf
  • FireMap_CountyOnTopo_10292007_0300PDT.pdf (as above, but on topographic map 1:500,000)
  • FireMap_PoomachaOnTopo_10292007_0300PDT.pdf (detailed view of Poomacha fire, on topographic map 1:250,000 [problems with base map quality])
• previous maps:
  • October 26, 1700 PDT
    • FireMap_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
    • FireMap_CountyOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
    • FireMap_HarrisOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf (detailed view of Harris fire, on topographic map 1:250,000)
    • FireMap_PoomachaOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf (detailed view of Horno and Rice fires, on topographic map 1:250,000)
    • FireMap_HornoOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf (detailed view of Poomacha and Witch fires, on topographic map 1:250,000)
  • October 25, 18:00 PDT
    • FireMap_10252007_1800PDT.pdf
    • FireMap_CountyOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf 
    • FireMap_HarrisOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf 
    • FireMap_HornoRiceOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf 
    • FireMap_PoomachaWitchOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf 

  • October 25, noon

    • FireMap_10252007_1200PDT.pdf
    • FireMap_CountyOnTopo_10252007_1200PDT.pdf 
    • FireMap_HarrisOnTopo_10252007_1200PDT.pdf 
    • FireMap_HornoRiceOnTopo_10252007_1200PDT.pdf 
    • FireMap_PoomachaWitchOnTopo_10252007_1200PDT.pdf 
  • October 24, 8pm FireMap_10242007_2000PDT.pdf
  • October 24, 1:30pm FireMap_10242007_1330PDT.pdf
  • October 24, 11am FireMap_10242007_1100PDT.pdf 
  • October 23, 2pm FireMap_10232007_1400PDT.pdf 
• Fire maps: Oct 22, 23, and 24   (as pictured above) - created by Lauren Rizzo and posted on the Grossmont College Earth Sciences web site
• Fuel Moisture Map derived from indices taken from MODIS surface reflectance data with fire perimeter overlay FuelMoistureMap_26Oct07.pdf