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what are these oddly shaped circular features?
English телендә rayKiddy17 October 2014 баҫылып сыҡты. Һуңғы яңыртыуҙар 23 October 2014.I am editing in HOT task “#672 - Ebola Outbreak, Port Loko, Bombali districts, road network”, and I am seeing these odd somewhat circular features on the ground. This screenshot is about 600 ft (180 m) wide. Groups of them look a bit like honeycombs. What are these?
I suspect that they are man-made and are something agricultural, but I am also not seeing buildings nearby. So, it is not clear. The line is a tertiary road and probably not paved. Any guesses?
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BCNorwichтарафынан18 October 2014 cәғәт 07:10көндө ҡаралған
Hi. A link to the area of your screenshot would help, also what is the image layer, please? Looking close at your image I would suggest that the larger blobs are palm trees you can just make out fronds. Each throwing a shadow to the SSW, the shadow of the trunks are also visible. As to the smaller lighter blobs they are shaded to the SSW side suggesting they are not high enough to cast a remote shadow on the ground. The blobs also seem to be equally spaced. Yes I think some form of agriculture. Regards
Sanderd17тарафынан18 October 2014 cәғәт 13:54көндө ҡаралған
It could also be the work of termites. I don’t know which (if any) termites live in that region, but some sorts of termites are able to create surprisingly regular patterns in their mounds.
GEOSPEXтарафынан19 October 2014 cәғәт 00:26көндө ҡаралған
Hi rayKiddy, Several people in NYC for ebola mapping were in this tile today, and it did come up in discussion. Since this pattern shows up across this particular tile and others nearby, it seems likely that it is agriculturally related; that is, some type of crop on attended terrain. Exactly what that crop is, verdict still out.
Firefishyтарафынан19 October 2014 cәғәт 12:49көндө ҡаралған
It is most likely agricultural of some sort. At a guess each circle is land cleared to tend to a single plant… Cassava or other tuber.
Firefishyтарафынан19 October 2014 cәғәт 12:53көндө ҡаралған
Possible ground image: http://www.trust.org/item/?map=climate-change-adaptation-through-cassava-planting/
Firefishyтарафынан19 October 2014 cәғәт 12:57көндө ҡаралған
Better ground image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79738474@N06/9509087914
kucaiтарафынан20 October 2014 cәғәт 01:21көндө ҡаралған
my guess would be a cemetery. (really, not a spin on the ebola thing)
Firefishyтарафынан20 October 2014 cәғәт 06:18көндө ҡаралған
Could be… Image of graves: http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/files/2011/01/africa-jos-graves-1_20_11.jpg
Vincent de Philyтарафынан20 October 2014 cәғәт 08:43көндө ҡаралған
I’ve usually mapped those as orchards. They’re a bit too low for palm trees. My guess is pineapple, but don’t quote me on that.
As for there being no paths to reach the area, remember that main access is by foot and is often not visible from imagery.
rayKiddyтарафынан22 October 2014 cәғәт 22:05көндө ҡаралған
Someone mentioned these in an e-mail to a HOT list. It is apparently cassava.
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