Active Natural Disaster image service - NOT BEING POPULATED THIS 2025 DISASTER SEASON

During a natural disaster the State Disaster Control Centre (SDCC) in Kedron is stood up, in previous years a restricted temporary 3-band Optical Active Natural Disaster image service is continuously populated with the active projects over affected areas. This year this is no longer the case and it is being replaced with the usage of Hosted Planet Services which users can create themselves in the Planet Explorer.

After the event(s) the Natural Disaster Optical QGov & All Users image services will be updated with mosaics of the imagery covering the events.

Natural Disaster Optical QGov & All Users image services

For the purpose of displaying the full extent of floodlines or fire scars resulting from natural disasters the previous scenes from the Active Natural Disaster image service are mosaicked and processed into 3-band RGB images (False or True colour) and are added to the Natural Disaster Optical time series service.  No stretch, DRA, Function or Transmission Compression need to be applied, but personal preference manual adjustment can be applied in the Appearance ribbon in ArcGIS Pro. If the Active Natural Disaster image service contains 3-band projects, during the natural disaster if the service is overloaded up and lowering its performance, active Optical projects are added to the restricted Natural Disaster Optical time series services.

Combining the Natural Disaster services (through applying transparency) with the Elevation services underneath using a Hillshade function Processing Template is very effective.

Natural Disaster Analytic QGov & AllUsers Users image services

After, and sometimes during the natural disaster if the service is overloaded and lowering its performance, active Analytic projects are added to the Restricted Natural Disaster Analytic time series service.  This service contains all the projects from an event and is a 4-band analytic service where stretch and DRA need to be applied in the client software.  A False Colour Function is configure in the service by Default but this can be changed to a True Colour function template in the imagery layer Properties Processing Templates.  The services only have LERC compression.

If you cannot see these Restricted Active services and need access, please contact Spatial Help Centre.