{"id":220130,"date":"2014-05-23T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"a314399d63df81bea266fcc48de88997"},"modified":"2014-05-23T03:11:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T07:11:00","slug":"zaatari-refugee-camp-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=220130","title":{"rendered":"Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2014\/05\/zaatari_refugee_camp_jordan\/14535771-1-eng-GB\/Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_Jordan_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThis satellite image shows an area 13 km east of the city of Mafraq in northern Jordan. Sitting geologically between the Syrian Desert and volcanic Hauran plateau, the area experiences a desert climate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe light-coloured area is the Zaatari Refugee Camp, measuring some 3 km across.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLocated just over 10 km from the border with Syria, the camp is currently home to over 100&nbsp;000 people displaced by the conflict in the neighbouring country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSatellite images like this can help to identify suitable locations for large refugee camps, which require traffic connections, water and electricity, and should be in a rather flat area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHigh-resolution imagery can also be used to monitor these camps and assist humanitarian operations in the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Emergency Mapping Service of Europe\u2019s Copernicus programme uses satellite images to provide geospatial information in support of emergency management efforts. This area has been mapped a number of times to support the construction of the camp, give a detailed view of the structures within the camp, and support drainage work to alleviate flooding.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sentinel-2 mission being developed for Copernicus will deliver frequent and high-resolution imagery \u2013 similar to what we see here \u2013 for disaster control and humanitarian relief operations, among other applications.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis image, also featured on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinvideos\/Videos\/2014\/05\/Earth_from_Space_Jordanian_camp\">Earth from Space video programme<\/a>, was acquired on 5 June 2013 by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute\u2019s Kompsat-2 satellite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2014\/05\/zaatari_refugee_camp_jordan\/14535771-1-eng-GB\/Zaatari_Refugee_Camp_Jordan_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThis satellite image shows an area 13 km east of the city of Mafraq in northern Jordan. Sitting geologically between the Syrian Desert and volcanic Hauran plateau, the area experiences a desert climate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe light-coloured area is the Zaatari Refugee Camp, measuring some 3 km across.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLocated just over 10 km from the border with Syria, the camp is currently home to over 100&nbsp;000 people displaced by the conflict in the neighbouring country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSatellite images like this can help to identify suitable locations for large refugee camps, which require traffic connections, water and electricity, and should be in a rather flat area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHigh-resolution imagery can also be used to monitor these camps and assist humanitarian operations in the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Emergency Mapping Service of Europe\u2019s Copernicus programme uses satellite images to provide geospatial information in support of emergency management efforts. This area has been mapped a number of times to support the construction of the camp, give a detailed view of the structures within the camp, and support drainage work to alleviate flooding.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sentinel-2 mission being developed for Copernicus will deliver frequent and high-resolution imagery \u2013 similar to what we see here \u2013 for disaster control and humanitarian relief operations, among other applications.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis image, also featured on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinvideos\/Videos\/2014\/05\/Earth_from_Space_Jordanian_camp\">Earth from Space video programme<\/a>, was acquired on 5 June 2013 by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute\u2019s Kompsat-2 satellite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}