I know many people are wanting imagery from Katrina.

The best source of this will be from Digitalglobe; who already contribute greatly to Google Earth's extensive database.

Digitalglobe have just made a Press Release

I thought people would benefit from me posting it here.

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Dear Concerned Party,

First let the DigitalGlobe community say that all of the people and communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina are in our thoughts. We hope for the most rapid and best outcome possible for them all.

DigitalGlobe is aware of the extreme humanitarian need in the communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina and is making every effort possible to collect useable satellite imagery of the impacted areas. We have five potential satellite accesses planned for the next week.

Weather conditions permitting, this imagery will be posted on our website and available through our partners.

DigitalGlobe and Google are working closely to provide the updated imagery via Google Maps and Google Earth as quickly as is possible.

Please visit our website periodically throughout the next days in order to get updates on newly available imagery.

Best,

The DigitalGlobe Community

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Thanks,
Phil