2019 Melbourne False Color Vegetation Aerial Imagery

City of Melbourne Open Data provides a false color aerial image mosaic of the municipal area captured on February 2-3, 2019. The 2GB TIF file, with a 5cm pixel size, uses an 11-band multispectral system to render intense red tones indicating vigorous, dense live vegetation.

Use Cases

• Analyze vegetation health and condition by interpreting the intensity of red tones in the false color composite.
• Detect subtle variations in canopy cover using the 11-band multispectral data, including near infra-red bands.
• Map live vegetation distribution across the City of Melbourne municipal area from the georeferenced mosaic.

Strengths

• High-resolution capture with a ground sample distance ranging from 6 cm/pixel to 25 cm/pixel.
• Imagery acquired under cloudless conditions using a unique 11-band airborne multispectral camera system.
• Data optimized for detecting subtle changes in vegetation condition with 7 strategically positioned narrow bands.

Limitations

• Dataset consists of a single, large (2GB) geoTIFF file, limiting granular analysis without specialized GIS tools.
• Temporal coverage is limited to two days in February 2019, representing a single seasonal snapshot.
• No tabular column data or sample records are provided for automated feature extraction.

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data, collected by ArborCarbon.

Collection Method

Aerial imagery acquired at 8,000ft above ground level using the ArborCam multispectral system.

Time Range

February 2-3, 2019, between 09:45 and NA.

Freshness

Data reflects a capture date in February 2019, though metadata was updated in March 2026.

Geography

City of Melbourne municipal area, using MGA Zone 55 map projection.