3D Fly Through DEM of Visoke Volcano, Virunga National Parks

1m Stereo IKONOS Satellite Image Data and 5m DTM of Virunga National Parks - http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery/quicktime-virunga-park-low.html - contains within 790,000 hectares the greatest diversity of habitats of any park in Africa, from steppes, savannas and lava plains, swamps, lowland and forests to volcanoes. Thousands of hippopotamuses and elephants live in the park's rivers and its mountains are a critical area for the survival of the mountain and lowland gorillas. The Virunga National Park lies from the Virunga Mountains to the Rwenzori Mountains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo which borders the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda. Covering 7,800 Km2 it was established in 1925 as Africa's first national park and classified as a World Heritage Site in 1979. It has become well known for its mountain gorillas, although poaching and civil wars in the region have seriously damaged its wildlife population. Just over 700 mountain gorillas (critically endangered) survive in the wild today, now extremely rare, successful conservation work has secured the remaining populations. It is believed that both savanna and forest elephants (endangered), white rhinos (critically endangered) and chimpanzees can still be found in Virunga, along with Okapi, giraffes, buffaloes and many endemic birds. Threatened by habitat loss, poaching, pollution and other factors, wildlife species in Africa are declining in numbers at an alarming rate. Land invasions and intense poaching have challenged the park authorities to the limit, but most rangers have remained active. Since 1994, over 150 rangers have been killed in the line of duty protecting the park from illegal poaching and land acquisition. Established in 1925, the Virunga National Park in the DRC is the oldest park in Africa and connects with six other parks. In 1979, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized the park as a World Heritage Site. Such cultural or natural sites are cordoned off LIMITS for protection because of their "outstanding value to humanity." The southern "Mikeno" sector inside the Virunga National Park holds the distinction of being one of two remaining places where mountain gorillas can be found in the wild. Conservation requires work at many levels, from locally to internationally and involves protection and law enforcement as well as research and education. Active conservation involves frequent patrols in wildlife areas to guard the park from poachers, to enforce laws, census counts in regions of breeding and protection of habitats. Satellite Remote Sensing, GIS Technology and up-to-date field data is the foundation for sustainable Habitat Mapping and make this information and Geospatial data available to the various conservation organizations, Universities and the general public. The GeoEye Foundation donated to Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC) all available archived IKONOS Satellite Image data for the parks. SIC performed the various Image processing including orthorectification, atmospheric haze reduction, color balancing mosaicing and tiling and delivered this 3D Fly Through Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI) and other Wildlife conservation groups utilizing GIS and CAD .mapping applications.