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Description
Colour Infra-Red aerial imagery captured on 25 March 2021 to support emergency management for flood-affected areas in New South Wales, Australia. The imagery consists of NIR, Red, and Green band combinations for studying vegetation and water depiction, with a spatial resolution of 15 cm. It was produced by Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW, as a rapid response product.
Use Cases
Identify flood-affected areas based on false-colour infrared imagery.
Study vegetation health and water bodies using the NIR, Red, and Green band combination.
Perform comparative analysis of landscape changes over time using this visible record.
Support emergency management decision-making for recent flooding events.
Strengths
Imagery has a high spatial resolution of 15 cm.
Data was captured on a specific date (25 March 2021) for time-specific analysis.
Product meets accuracy standards outlined in December 2016 for rapid response imagery.
Limitations
Spatial extent is limited to the specific event area of the March 2021 floods.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the specific emergency capture.
Provenance
Source
Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW.
Collection Method
Captured via Leica ADS80 airborne digital sensor, ortho-rectified and mosaiced from flight lines.
Time Range
Single capture date: 25 March 2021.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-17 21:44:47.344429; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Flood-affected areas in New South Wales, Australia.
Data access is via an ESRI File Geodatabase or ARCGIS REST SERVICE; common GIS platforms are required for use.