Reports and spatial products

Accessible information

SLATS provides the following information at little or no cost:

Consistently processed satellite imagery for the entire state from 1988 onwards
Annual reports on land cover change
Detailed spatial datasets, including change in woody vegetation and foliage projective cover (FPC)

This data has been used for projects as diverse as analysing land degradation, updating Regional Ecosystem mapping, assessing carbon emissions, identifying land suitable for carbon sequestration and monitoring compliance.

Reports on Land Cover Change in Queensland

SLATS prepares an annual report on land cover change in Queensland with the most recent being the 2009-10 SLATS Report (PDF, 4.7M)*. The Supplementary report to the Statewide Landcover and Trees Study Report 2009-10 (PDF, 624K)* in conjunction with the below 2009-10 Natural Resource Management Regional Addenda Reports form part of the current 2009-10 SLATS Report.

Burnett-Mary (PDF, 568K)*
Cape York (PDF, 560K)*
Condamine (PDF, 563K)*
Desert Channels (PDF, 509K)*
Fitzroy (PDF, 512K)*
Northern Gulf (PDF, 450K)*
North Queensland Dry Tropics (PDF, 725K)*
Reef Catchments (PDF, 515K)*
South East Queensland (PDF, 521K)*
Southern Gulf (PDF, 495K)*
South West (PDF, 495K)*
Terrain (PDF, 529K)*
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (PDF, 407K)*

View previous SLATS reports

A number of the SLATS datasets can be found and downloaded from the Queensland Government Information Service or alternatively please email the below contacts.

For information on SLATS image data contact:

Senior Spatial Information Officer

Imagery Management

Data Management and Acquisition

Spatial Information Group

Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Email: sidmaimageryacquisition@dnrm.qld.gov.au

For information on SLATS derived products such as tree clearing, woody extent and FPC data contact:

Senior Spatial Information Officer

Client Outcomes

Spatial Information group

Department of Natural Resources and Mines