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 BERDS > MAPPING > MAP EXPLORER
Map Explorer™

The Map Explorer™ is BERDS' proprietary data visualisation and interrogation application. With this tool, users can:
  • view and query over 41 environmental data layers
    • Climate data, including rainfall
    • Freshwater data, including rivers & streams (riverine type, water sources, clarity and salinity), watershed, groundwater and pollution-related information
    • People & Society data including districts, roads/tracks, settlements and population census data, biological field stations
    • Terrestrial and aquatic environmental data (incl. agricultural uses, forest types, mangroves, marine habitats, wetlands)
    • Agricultural usage, land use, fire risk and recent fire data
    • Geology and soils information
    • 2001 Hurricane Iris damage
    • Protected Areas and proposed biological corridors
    • Colour and black & white satellite imagery of the whole country
    • Biological collections data
  • visually locate documents, people, organisations or projects using the Visual Search Engine
  • view and query distributions of specimen records
  • make biogeographic comparisons between various species and their habitats
  • monitor protected areas and biological corridors
  • monitor fires on a monthly basis
  • monitor incursions of protected lands and the spread of agriculture
  • print publication-quality maps
  • view spatial layer metadata Learn more
  • download spatial layers Learn more
  • learn how to use the Map Explorer functions and tools Learn More
  • view step-by-step case studies on use of the Map Explorer to investigate real-world problems Learn more


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New Data:
  • 2009 Protected Areas
    - Oct 2009
  • 2007 Fire Season
    - Aug 2007
  • Elevation + Bathymetry
    - Mar 2007
  • 2006 Fire Season
    - Apr 2006
  • Land Degradation Risk
    - Apr 2006
  • Ecosystems (rev. C)
    - Mar 2006
  • Districts (rev. B)
    - Mar 2006
  • Rivers & Streams (rev. B)
    - Oct 2005
  • 2004 LANDSAT Images
    - Sep 2005
  • 2005 Fire Season
    - May 2005
Flash Demo Basic Usage (11m 25s) | Advanced Usage (11m 11s)

Note: The Map Explorer will appear in a separate window. You must allow 'pop-up windows' in your web browser for the Map Explorer to function/appear.
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