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South-west Queensland was hit by a severe flood event in early March 2010 and the town of St George was partially evacuated as floodwaters surged down the Balonne River. But the influx of water was a blessing for the Murray Darling Basin.

The property at Cubbie Station has seen their dams filled with more than welcome water and there is promise of satisfying environmental and commercial demands along the parched system.
Apogee and Infoterra have utilised TerraSAR-X’ s ability to provide high resolution images that are not affected by cloud conditions to map the record breaking flood extents. The first TSX ScanSAR scene over the property was acquired on the 4th March 2010 and further scenes are scheduled to capture conditions at peak levels.
The image below shows the geographic position of the 100km x150km TSX ScanSAR scene acquired on the 4th of March 2010 overlaid on a MODIS image from the same day, highlighting the prevailing cloud cover at the time.

MODIS image over Queensland flooded area overlaid with a TerraSAR-X ScanSAR scene

Below are three subsets of the TSX image over Cubbie station and surrounding areas with evidence of the early stages of the flooding mapped in Blue, that is already filling water storages.(for large images, please visit Our Spatial Planet.

TerraSAR-X subset over Cubbie Station showing flooded areas, Queensland

TerraSAR-X subset over Cubbie Station showing flooded areas, Queensland

TerraSAR-X subset over Cubbie Station showing flooded areas, Queensland

Apogee Imaging International will be attending and presenting to the APCO (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials)-Australia Emergency Services and Public Safety event held in Melbourne at Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre on the 15th to 17th March 2010.

This event will provide professionals with the latest innovations and developments in emergency response technology, surveillance technology, communications and remote-sensing services for emergency.

This event will be a great opportunity for networking with decision-makers from all around the world in all areas of public safety communication and will feature an outstanding educational forum with presentations on homeland security and public safety.

Please come and see Apogee at booth number 4. We are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your requirements and demonstrate our capabilities.