Digital Earth Australia Hotspots

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

Digital Earth Australia Hotspots is a national bushfire monitoring system that provides timely information about hotspots to emergency service managers across Australia. The mapping system uses satellite sensors to detect areas producing high levels of infrared radiation (called Hotspots) to allow users to identify potential fire locations with a possible risk to communities and property. Digital Earth Australia Hotspots is not published in real time and should not be used for safety of life decisions.

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Field Value
Title Digital Earth Australia Hotspots
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/96bff2e7-571a-4e96-9aee-7d9bb5303060
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 27/09/2002
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Digital Earth Australia Hotspots". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/digital-earth-australia-hotspots