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Siqueira, A. | Lewis, A.
Abstract
Australian Landscapes are prone to fire, from the Northern Savanna to the southern forests of Tasmania. Although fire is natural and is a vital management tool, fires are also a hazard to people and assets across Australia. Sentinel is a national fire hotspots detection and mapping system operated by Geoscience Australia. Sentinel was developed collaboratively by Geoscience Australia and CSIRO and has been operating since 2003. Hotspots are detected using satellite-based sensors monitoring all of Australia up to four times each day. The information is freely available to end-users through a web-site, as data feeds and down-loads. Sentinel has detected over 4 million hot-spots so far. In 2014 Geoscience Australia re-developed Sentinel including: - A more robust and maintainable 'backend' system, enabling quick and easy ingestion of new sources of hotspot data and fire related products - Improved user interface for the visualization of current hotspots and download of archived hotspots data - Separate access for emergency management users to ensure reliable access to hotspots data during major events - Improved interoperability, through reconsideration of the attributes used to describe a hotspot, anticipating the need for a standard approach to this problem
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2014-01-01T00:00:00
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