General Properties  
Parent File Identifier 37470057-51E8-49B1-9727-30C7F72AFF09 
Hierarchy Level dataset 
Hierarchy Level Name dataset 
Standard Name ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata 
Standard Version 1.1 
Date Stamp 2026-02-20 
Resource Title North Australian and Rangelands 250m burnt area mapping by month 2025 - geotiff 
Format Name *.xml 
Format Version Unknown 
Key Dates and Languages 
Date of creation 2026-02 
Date of publication 2026-02 
Date of revision N/A 
Metadata Language eng 
Metadata Character Set utf8 
Dataset Languages eng  
Dataset Character Set utf8 
Abstract Geotiff image of fire affected areas in northern and rangelands Australia for the year 2025 based on MODIS and MSI satellite sensors. The image has a resolution of 250m per pixel and each burnt pixel is tagged with the month that covers the largest part of the date interval in which the burnt pixel was detected. The data extends across the WA rangelands (down to 34.5 degrees S), across the entire NT, Qld (excluding SE Qld) and arid SA down to 34.5 degrees S. Mapping landscapes north of 20 degrees S has been validated by aerial transects and higher-resolution image analysis across northern Australia. 
Purpose Fire Management and Emissions Reporting 
Metadata Contact Information 
Name of Individual Name withheld 
Organisation Name Charles Darwin University 
Position Name  
Role pointOfContact 
Voice  
Facsimile  
Email Address  
Address  Australia 
Resource Contacts 
Name of Individual Name withheld 
Organisation Name Charles Darwin University 
Position Name  
Role resourceProvider 
Voice  
Facsimile  
Email Address  
Address Charles Darwin University 
 Darwin NT 0909 
 Australia 
Lineage Statement Burnt area mapping is based on analysis of imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites and the Multispectral instrument on ESA's Sentinel-2 satellite. At least two images of different dates are compared to detect fire affected areas. Image analysing software, manual inspection of the image and other datasets such as hotspot data are used to produce the final product. 
Jurisdictions 
 Northern Territory 
 Queensland 
 Western Australia 
 South Australia 
Themes and Categories 
Topic Category environment 
Status and Maintenance 
Status completed 
Maintenance and Update Frequency asNeeded 
Date of Next Update  
Reference system 
Reference System EPSG::4283
(Geodetic Datum of Australian 1994) 
Data Scales/Resolutions 
Resolution 250 m 
Spatial Representation Type 
Spatial Representation Type grid 
Extent - Geographic Bounding Box 
North Bounding Latitude -9.3 
South Bounding Latitude -34.5 
West Bounding Longitude 112.9 
East Bounding Longitude 154.0 
Additional Extents - Geographic 
Identifier QLD 
Identifier SA 
Identifier WA 
Identifier NT 
Additional Extent - Temporal 
Date/Time 2025 
Distribution Information 
Distributor 1 
Distributor 1 Contact 
Name of Individual Name withheld 
Organisation Name Charles Darwin University 
Position Name  
Role distributor 
Voice  
Facsimile  
Email Address  
Address Charles Darwin University 
 Darwin NT 0909 
 Australia 
Distributor 1 Format Information 
Name of the format Geotiff 6.0 
Amendment number  
Specification 8 bit Geotiff 
File decompression technique LZW 
Distributor 1 Digital Transfer Options Information 
Units of distribution  
Transfer size  
Distributor 1 Online information 
Linkage www.firenorth.org.au 
Protocol  
Application profile  
Name  
Description North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information website 
Function  
