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Investigations into the use of Landsat Thematic Mapper data for monitoring coastal habitats, Bowling Green Bay, north Queensland

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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An investigation was carried out into the feasibility of using Landsat Thematic Mapper data to map wetlands and coastal habitats. A series of images covering Bowling Green Bay were obained and classified using the microBRIAN software package. Ground truthing was then done to validate the resulting classifications. The purpose of this research was to investigate the use of Landsat Thematic Mapper data for coastal habitat mapping. This work was done under a contract to the Defence Science and Technology Oragnisation (DTSO)

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Title Investigations into the use of Landsat Thematic Mapper data for monitoring coastal habitats, Bowling Green Bay, north Queensland
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/486c8a0a-79f4-4936-bcc9-f8af57576b3b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 20/11/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Investigations into the use of Landsat Thematic Mapper data for monitoring coastal habitats, Bowling Green Bay, north Queensland". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/investigations-into-the-use-of-landsat-thematic-mapper-data-for-monitoring-coastal-habitats-bow1