What we do
The Terrestrial Mapping and Monitoring stream within CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics focuses on the analysis and processing
of remotely sensed and other spatial data, and has been working in this
field since 1987. The emphasis is on the analysis of long-term sequences
of images to determine trends in land condition, and the integration with
related spatial data sets to predict areas at risk from degradation.
The Terrestrial Mapping and Monitoring stream has established close links with major end-users in the
renewable resource sector and has received significant support from
national funding bodies for collaborative projects with resource
management agencies.
The Terrestrial Mapping and Monitoring stream is located in the
Leeuwin Centre for Earth Sensing Technologies at Floreat Park, Western
Australia. The Leeuwin Centre brings together government and private
organisations with capabilities in image acquisition (both satellite and
aerial), instrumentation, archive management, data processing, image
enhancement and interpretation, and education and training. Location
within the Leeuwin Centre has facilitated collaborative research projects
between the Mapping and Monitoring stream and other organisations in the remote sensing
industry.
Aims
The objectives of the Terrestrial Mapping and Monitoring stream are:
- to develop methods for detecting, measuring, monitoring and
predicting change through time in land condition using sequences of
remotely sensed data integrated with landform maps and other spatial
data
- to develop and improve methods for the analysis and integration of
spatial / temporal data, including the analysis of remotely sensed
data currently not in operational use.
These objectives will result in the following outcomes:
- State Government agencies will be able to assess and monitor the
condition of agricultural lands and forested areas over time at
catchment and regional scale
- methods for producing spatially and spectrally consistent sequences
of satellite images (rectification, calibration and mosaicing of
images)
- methods for integrating data sets using probabilistic reasoning and
for assessing, representing and transmitting uncertainty in GISs
- methods for mosaicing data from airborne systems
- methods for including spatial context in image classification
- methods for analysing hyperspectral data
For further information contact:
Dr Peter Caccetta
CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics
Location: The Leeuwin Centre, 65 Brockway Rd, Floreat Park, WA
Mail: Private Bag, PO Wembley 6014 Australia
Email: Peter.Caccetta@csiro.au
Phone: +61 8 9333 6188
Fax: +61 8 9333 6121 |
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