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N.B. The images captured by the satellite are of a lower level of detail than you will see on Google Maps, Bing maps etc.

The site hasn't been tested fully for mobile devices, and therefore you may encounter some problems.

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Click on this button to reveal overview map.
Click on this button to reset map to initial view.
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Move the slider handle to the left or right to "swipe" between the satellite images, pre and post .
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Red rectangles highlight areas of interest.

About

About the data

The imagery used on this site comes from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Programme. Copernicus’ six Sentinel satellites collect comprehensive pictures of our land, ocean, emergency response, atmosphere, security and climate change to understand the health of our planet.

Sentinel-2 is a wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging mission. Its optical instrument samples in 13 spectral bands: four bands at 10 metres, six bands at 20 metres and three bands at 60 metres spatial resolution. The imagery you see on this site is derived from the four bands with a spatial resolution of 10m.

  • Imagery Copernicus Sentinel data 2017.
  • Base map contains data sourced from LINZ. Crown Copyright Reserved.

This site is brought to you by the Informatics Team at Landcare Research.

For more information about this site please contact David Pairman (PairmanD@landcareresearch.co.nz).

Terms of Use

The content of this site excluding the maps and imagery are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand License (CC BY 3.0).

The maps and imagery available on this site from a number of sources. The information may not be complete, correct or up to date. Landcare Research shall not be liable for any damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses arising from any use whatsoever of any material on this website.

Landcare Research reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the website for any reason without notice at any time.

23rd February 2017

Tips

What might you see?

Here are some examples of changes in the landscape that you might look for when viewing the before and after quake images.

Uplifted shoreline

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Uplifted shoreline

The dark areas in the sea show recently-exposed reef.

Landslips

Tips Landslips

Landslips

The light brown patches are landslips, in this case the area around the Ohau Point seal colony.

Rivers

Tips Coastline

Rivers

You will see that some rivers are carrying more sediment. You can also see new landslides close by.

Old slides, new slides

Tips Coastline

Old slides, new slides

Here is an area where old landslides have opened up following the quakes.

If you see large areas of colour difference between the images this is because the digital images we are displaying are taken in different seasons. The colour differences can reflect changes in the plants growing in an area, plant growth, top soil moisture, the angle of the sun and weather conditions.

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The images captured by the satellite are of a lower level of detail than you will see on Google Maps, Bing maps etc.


This site is provided to you by Landcare Research.

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