Maps and Images

Maps and Images

Our primary aim is to ensure the Burdekin Dry Tropics community has access to the best geospatial data available to achieve their natural resource management targets.

From the GIS Web page you will be able to find information regarding the SPOT 5 satellite imagery purchase for the Burdekin Dry Tropics region. There is also information on software (both free and commercial) that can be used to assist you collect, view or manage geospatial data that you may have received or acquired. Over a period of time we hope to post some user guides or forums on how to achieve particular tasks within a software package. You are welcome to contribute to the development of this knowledge base.

Maps and Images Terms

What is GIS?
GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.

Remote Sensing
Remote sensing is the utilisation at a distance (as from aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, or ship) of any device for gathering information about the environment. Click here for more information from Wikipedia.

Geospatial Information
Geospatial information is a combination of the precise location and associated attributes of natural and man-made features.

SPOT 5
SPOT - the Satellite Earth Observation System was designed in France, and developed with the participation of Sweden and Belgium.