FAQs
1. Can I get the satellite imagery?
Unfortunately, we can’t provide you with the original satellite imagery used in our maps due to licensing issues.
2. May I use the ZKI map products in a presentation or publication?
You are welcome to use our freely available map products in a presentation or publication. Please make sure that you use the maps as a whole (no excerpts), including the map frame. Please also include a copyright notice such as: ©ZKI/DLR or Copyright: ZKI/DLR
For printed publications, we ask you for sending us a copy or, with online publications, the link respectively.
3. How can I be informed about the latest activiations and products?
You can be automatically informed about new mapping and products via RSS feed as well as via GeoJSON feed. The ZKI news feeds can be accessed directly via your web browser or via a newsreader/feedreader that can be downloaded free of charge from the web. To access the ZKI RSS or GeoJSON feed, go to the page "Crisis information" > "Mapping and exercises".
4. What is an ESRI world file?
For older mappings (before 2019), some crisis products were also provided as an ESRI worldfile. A world file is a plain text file containing information about the geographic reference of an image or a map. With this information, a ZKI map can be imported into a geographic information sytem (GIS).
5. What is a KMZ file and how do I open it?
Similar to the ESRI worldfiles, the products of older mapping projects were also published as KMZ files. A KMZ file is a compressed collection of files which allow for the visualization of a ZKI map with the Software "Google Earth". If you have installed Google Earth on your computer, you can open the file by clicking on the link “KMZ file for Google Earth”. Alternatively, you can download the file first (right mouse button -> “Save target as…”) and open it in Google Earth afterwards.