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Skyland Announcement

Birds Eye View of Skyland Fire

Incident: Skyland Wildland Fire
Released: 8/19/2007

- August 19, 2007 9:30 p.m. MT - The Birds Eye View video shows a "3D" representation of the fire perimeter and the surrounding landscape of the Skyland Fire in NE Montana.

The video was produced by the GIS Section located on-site in the Skyland Incident Command Post (ICP), Fire Camp, using digital orthographic photography and elevation data to produce a "3D" effect similar to the technology utilized in movies.

To the right, are two links:

  1. Birds Eye View flight video. The video is produced in Windows Media Format (WMF) and is 4Mb.
  2. Birds Eye View flight legend. This PDF file describes the features displayed in the video, flight direction and geographical reference points.

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