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Environment Guide: Data & Maps / Remote Sensing

Resources for study and work in conservation, land management and environmental science.

NRM Infonet

NRM Infonet provides web-based dynamic reports on biodiversity, fire, weeds and feral information, drawing on NT government databases. Select any area of land in the Northern Territory and create a pdf summary of NRM data for that area suitable for NRM planning.

Protected Matters Search Tool

Use this search tool to generate a report that will help determine whether matters of national environmental significance or other matters protected by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are likely to occur in your area of interest.

Definiton

Remote sensing refers to a set of technologies that allows us to "sense" or study the earth, other planets, and space objects indirectly.  It includes aerial photography and photogrammetry, satellite imagery, global positioning systems (GPS), radar, sonar, and LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) technologies.

Remote Sensing Tutorial

This extensive tutorial works through all the aspects of remote sensing including the history, image processing and interpretation, and various applications (among which are geologic, vegetation, urban and land use).

From NASA Landsat Science.

Charles Darwin University acknowledges the traditional custodians across the lands on which we live and work, and we pay our respects to Elders both past and present.
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