Aerial Photo Mosaic of Atherton Tablelands from June 1978

A 13,792x12,623 pixel photo mosaic of historic aerial imagery covering the southern Atherton Tablelands from 16th June 1978. The mosaic was compiled by Atherton Tablelands Geographical Information Services in April 2012 from data provided by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management to assist the NERP-TE project on rainforest restoration. It has a spatial resolution of 2.75 meters per pixel and covers towns including Atherton, Malanda, Yungaburra, and Tolga.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical land cover and land use change based on the 1978 aerial imagery.
• Mapping and locating areas of rainforest regrowth for ecological restoration projects as described in the NERP-TE project.
• Conducting geospatial analysis of the Atherton Tablelands region based on the defined boundaries and spatial reference.
• Creating historical baselines for environmental monitoring based on the high-resolution 2.75m pixel imagery.

Strengths

• High-resolution imagery with a defined pixel size of 2.75 meters.
• Clear spatial boundaries covering specific towns and natural features like Lake Tinaroo and Wooroonooran National Park.
• Specific temporal reference to a single date (16 June 1978) providing a historical snapshot.
• Well-documented provenance from a government source (DERM) and a specific university research project (NERP-TE).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au, being a single snapshot from 1978 of a specific Queensland region.

Provenance

Source

Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM), Queensland; processed by Atherton Tablelands Geographical Information Services (ATGIS).

Collection Method

Compiled from digital aerial photography into a photo mosaic.

Time Range

Imagery from 16 June 1978; mosaic created April 2012.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 10:03:34.646913; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, including towns of Atherton, Malanda, Yungaburra, Tolga, bounded by Lake Tinaroo, Millaa Millaa, and Wooroonooran National Park.